İzmir Province

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Location of İzmir Province

İzmir is a province of Turkey in western Anatolia on the Aegean coast. On the west it is surrounded by the Aegean sea, and it encloses the Gulf of İzmir. 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.

The main rivers of the province are Küçük Menderes Nehri, Koca Çay (with Güzelhisar dam), and Bakır Çay.

[edit] Districts

Districts of İzmir

Izmir province is divided into 28 districts (capital district in bold):

[edit] History

The area was first settled by Ionian Greeks in about the 11th century BCE who established the city of Smyrna, now İzmir city. 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. A highly controversial point involved massive genocide of Turkish civilians by Greek soldiers, and of Greek civilians by Turkish soldiers (see Great Fire of Smyrna). As a result of the Treaty of Lausanne all non-Turkish and non-Muslim inhabitants of the province had to leave, and İzmir Province was incorporated into the modern republic of Turkey.

[edit] External links

Governor's web site
http://www.izmirturizm.gov.tr/ (mainly for İzmir city)
http://izmir.yerelnet.org.tr/ (mostly in Turkish, but includes a detailed map, just click on the small map)
Izmir Weather Forecast Information

	Districts of İzmir
İzmir Metropolitan Districts: Balçova \| Bornova \| Buca \| Çiğli \| Gaziemir \| Güzelbahçe \| Karşıyaka \| Konak \| Narlıdere External districts: Aliağa \| Bayındır \| Bergama \| Beydağ \| Çeşme \| Dikili \| Foça \| Karaburun \| Kemalpaşa \| Kınık \| Kiraz \| Menderes \| Menemen \| Ödemiş \| Seferihisar \| Selçuk \| Tire \| Torbalı \| Urla

Provinces of Turkey

	Census-defined regions of Turkey
Aegean Region \| Black Sea Region \|Central Anatolia Region \|East Anatolia Region \|Marmara Region \|Mediterranean Region \|Southeastern Anatolia Region