Bursa Province

Bursa Province
Location of Bursa Province in Turkey
Overview
Region:	Marmara Region, Turkey
Area:	11,043 (km²)
Total Population	2,413,971 TUIK 2007 (est)
Population density	218.6 (pop/km²)
Licence plate code:	16
Area code:	0224
Governor Website	http://www.bursa.gov.tr
Weather forecast	turkeyforecast.com/weather/bursa

Bursa is a province in western Turkey, along the Sea of Marmara. Its adjacent provinces are Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the north. The province has an area of 11,043 km² and a population of 2,413,971 (2006 est). It was 2,125,140 according to the 2000 census. In 1990 it had a population of 1,603,137. The traffic code is 16. The city of Bursa was the capital of the Ottoman State until the conquest of Edirne. Most part of the province remained in Marmara Region except districts of Büyükorhan, Harmancık, Keles and Orhaneli, who are bounded to Aegean Region.

Districts

Bursa province is divided into 17 districts (capital district in bold):

• Büyükorhan
• Gemlik
• Gürsu
• Harmancık
• İnegöl
• İznik
• Karacabey
• Keles
• Kestel
• Mudanya
  • Güzelyalı
  • Zeytinbağı
• Mustafakemalpaşa
• Nilüfer
• Orhaneli
• Orhangazi
• Osmangazi
• Yenişehir
• Yıldırım

See also

• City of Bursa
• İznik

External links

• (English) Pictures of the capital of this province
• (English) Bursa Weather Forecast Information
• (Turkish) Bursa city sport portal, Bursa
• (Turkish) Gokoz Village, Bursa
• (Turkish) Golyaka Village - orhangazi pictures and information, Bursa

Bursa Province (in the Marmara region) of Turkey Urban districts Bursa - (Gürsu - Nilüfer - Osmangazi - Yıldırım) Rural districts Büyükorhan - Gemlik - Harmancık - İnegöl - İznik - Karacabey - Keles - Kestel - Mudanya - Mustafakemalpaşa - Orhaneli - Orhangazi - Yenişehir 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 - Elazığ - 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 - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

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