İzmir Province

İzmir Province Location of İzmir Province in Turkey Overview Region: Aegean Region, Turkey Area: 11,973 km2 (4,623 sq mi) Total population 3,948,848 TurkStat 2010 Licence plate code: 35 Area code: 0232 Governor M. Cahit Kıraç Governor Website http://www.izmir.gov.tr İzmir is a province of Turkey in western Anatolia on the Aegean coast, whose capital is the city of İzmir (ancient Smyrna). On the west it is surrounded by the Aegean sea, and it encloses the Gulf of İzmir. Its area is 11,973 km.2, population 3.948.848 (2010 tüik census). The population was 3,370,866 in 2000. Neighbouring provinces are Balıkesir on the north, Manisa on the east, and Aydın on the south. The traffic code of the province is 35. The main rivers of the province are Küçük Menderes river, Koca Çay (with Güzelhisar dam), and Bakır Çay. Districts İzmir Province is divided into 30 districts (capital district in bold): Aliağa Balçova Bayındır Bayraklı Bergama Beydağ Bornova Buca Çeşme Çiğli Dikili Foça Gaziemir Güzelbahçe Karabağlar Karaburun Karşıyaka Kemalpaşa Kınık Kiraz Konak Menderes Menemen Narlidere Ödemiş Seferihisar Selçuk Tire Torbalı Urla Of these, Balçova, Bayraklı, Bornova, Buca, Çiğli, Gaziemir, Güzelbahçe, Karabağlar, Karşıyaka, Konak, and Narlıdere are metropolitan districts, making up the city of İzmir. History The area was first settled by local Anatolians, milleninum later Ionian Greeks in about the 11th century BCE who established the League of Ionia. It was later conquered by the Persians, retaken by the Greeks, before being subsumed into the Roman Empire. After the split of the Roman Empire, the area became part of the Byzantine Empire until conquered by the Ottoman Turks in the 14th century. Following the First World War the province was ceded to Greece, but was retaken by the forces of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the Turkish War of Independence. As a result of the Treaty of Lausanne all Greek Orthodox inhabitants of the province had to leave, and İzmir Province was incorporated into the modern republic of Turkey. Missing Historical background, search other sources for more details. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Izmir Province (Turkish) İzmir governor's official website İzmir metropolitan municipality's official website (Turkish) Directorate of Culture and Tourism in İzmir (Turkish) Local administrations in İzmir (Turkish) / İzmir City Guide İzmir weather forecast information İzmir is the official candidate of Expo 2015 Coordinates: 38°29′04″N 27°08′26″E / 38.48444°N 27.14056°E / 38.48444; 27.14056 v · d · e İzmir Province (in the Aegean region) of Turkey Urban districts İzmir - (Balçova - Bayraklı - Bornova - Buca - Çiğli - Gaziemir - Güzelbahçe - Karabağlar - Karşıyaka - Konak - Menemen - Narlıdere) Rural districts Aliağa - Bayındır - Bergama - Beydağ - Çeşme - Dikili - Foça - Karaburun - Kemalpaşa - Kınık - Kiraz - Menderes - Ödemiş - Seferihisar - Selçuk - Tire - Torbalı - Urla Regions Provinces Aegean Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak Black Sea Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak Central Anatolia Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat Eastern Anatolia Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elâzığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van Marmara Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova Mediterranean Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Kilis - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak v · d · e Provinces of Turkey Adana · Adıyaman · Afyonkarahisar · Ağrı · Aksaray · Amasya · Ankara · Antalya · Ardahan · Artvin · Aydın · Balıkesir · Bartın · Batman · Bayburt · Bilecik · Bingöl · Bitlis · Bolu · Burdur · Bursa · Çanakkale · Çankırı · Çorum · Denizli · Diyarbakır · Düzce · Edirne · Elazığ · Erzincan · Erzurum · Eskişehir · Gaziantep · Giresun · Gümüşhane · Hakkâri · Hatay · Iğdır · Isparta · Istanbul · İzmir · Kahramanmaraş · Karabük · Karaman · Kars · Kastamonu · Kayseri · Kilis · Kırıkkale · Kırklareli · Kırşehir · Kocaeli · Konya · Kütahya · Malatya · Manisa · Mardin · Mersin · Muğla · Muş · Nevşehir · Niğde · Ordu · Osmaniye · Rize · Sakarya · Samsun · Şanlıurfa · Siirt · Sinop · Şırnak · Sivas · Tekirdağ · Tokat · Trabzon · Tunceli · Uşak · Van · Yalova · Yozgat · Zonguldak This article about an Aegean Region of Turkey location is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e