coast, Transcaucasia and the Balkans increased the population of Düzce. The government provided them free land. It had 137 villages and 66,618 homes with the population of 36088 during the rule of Abdulmecit II. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Düzce was part of the Kastamonu Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After the establishment of the republic, the city rapidly industrialized. The main economic sectors are forestry production, automotive parts, textile, hunting and sports guns, cement, pharmaceutical products, nuts and tobacco. It was hit by a series of earthquakes in this period, such as the 1944 Düzce earthquake, 1957 Abant earthquake, 1967 Adapazari earthquake, and in 1999 it was destroyed by the 17 August Izmit earthquake and the earthquake on 12 November 1999. The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.2 (Richter magnitude scale), lasted for 30 seconds, killing 845 people and injuring over 5,000. To quickly rebuild the earthquake damaged areas the Council of Ministers made Düzce the 81st province of Turkey in 1999. Climate Düzce has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification, and an oceanic climate (Do) under the Trewartha climate classification. It experiences chilly, occasionally snowy winters and warm to very warm summers. According to the Köppen climate classification, at the turn of the century, Düzce was still considered to have an oceanic climate (Cfb), with its warmest month being below the 22 °C threshold, yet in recent decades climate change and global warming has been contributing to its classification in slowly turning humid subtropical (Cfa). Neighbourhoods Akbıyıklar Aktarla Akyazı Altınpınar Asar Aybaşı Aydınpınar Aynalı Bahçeköy Ballıca Bataklıçiftlik Büyükaçma Dağdibi Derdin Develi Değirmenbaşı Doğanlı Duraklar Düverdüzü Düzköy Eminaçma Erdemli Esentepe Esençam Eskimengencik Fevziye Fındıklıaksu Gökçe Gölormanı Güldere Gümüşpınar Günbaşı Gündolaması Güven Hacıahmetler Hacıaliler Hasanlar Hatipliketenciler Hocaoğlu Kabalak Kadıoğlu Kaledibi Karaderehasanağa Karaçalı Kavakbıçkı Kaymakçı Kemerkasım Kirazlı Konaklı Kozluk Kurtsuyu Kutlu Kuşaçması Köprübaşıömerefendi Küçükahmetler Küçükmehmetler Kızılcık Mamure Muncurlu Muradiyemengencik Musababa Nasırlı Nuhlar Osmanca Otluoğlu Ovapınar Ozanlar Paşakonağı Paşaormanı Pınarlar Samandere Sancakdere Sinirci Soğukpınar Suncuk Taşköprü Turaplar Uğur Yaka Yenitaşköprü Yörük Çakırhacıibrahim Çalıcuma Çamlısu Çiftlikköy Çınardüzü Çınarlı Özyanık Üçyol İhsaniye İslahiye İstilli Şaziye Sport In Düzce Düzcespor References Populated places in Düzce Province Cities in Turkey Districts of Düzce Province