Izmir Province
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Izmir (Turkish spelling İzmir) is a province of Turkey in the western Anatolia on the Aegean coast. On the west it is surrounded by Aegean sea, and it encloses the Izmir Gulf (in Turkish İzmir Körfezi). Its area is 11.811 km.2 , population 3.370.866 (2000 census). Neighbouring provinces are Balıkesir on the north, Manisa on the east, and Aydın on the south. Its traffic code is 35, and its capital is İzmir city.
Other than the districts of Izmir city and its suburbs and towns around it (Karşıyaka, Konak, Buca, Bornova, Çiğli, Gaziemir, Balçova, Narlıdere, Güzelbahçe), the important towns in the province include (roughly from north to south) Bergama, Kınık, Dikili, Aliağa, Foça, Karaburun, Menemen, Kemalpaşa, Çeşme, Urla, Menderes, Seferihisar, Torbalı, Bayındır, Ödemiş, Kiraz, Tire, Beydağ, and Selçuk.
The main rivers of the province are Küçük Menderes Nehri, Koca Çay (with Güzelhisar dam), and Bakır Çay.
External links
- Governor's web site (http://www.izmir.gov.tr)
- http://www.izmirturizm.gov.tr/ (mainly for Izmir city)
- http://izmir.yerelnet.org.tr/ (mostly in Turkish, but includes a detailed map, just click on the small map)