Bayındır

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Bayındır
Bayındır
Coordinates: 38°13′09″N 27°38′53″E / 38.21917°N 27.64806°E / 38.21917; 27.64806Coordinates: 38°13′09″N 27°38′53″E / 38.21917°N 27.64806°E / 38.21917; 27.64806
Country Turkey
Province İzmir
Government
  Mayor Mehmet Kertiş (AKP)
Area[1]
  District 540.22 km2 (208.58 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
  Urban 21,785
  District 40,988
  District Density 76/km2 (200/sq mi)

Bayındır is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey and the central town of the district which is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes.[3] Its name in antiquity was Caystrus. Its present name derives from the first Turkish settlers in the region who were members of the Bayındır clan, one of the 24 original Oghuz clans. In 1997, the town population was 18,100. It is connected with İzmir by a branch of the Aydın railway, and has a trade in olives, olive oil, cotton, figs, raisins and tobacco.[3]

References

  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05. 
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27. 
  3. 3.0 3.1  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baindir". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press 


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