Yenice, Çanakkale

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Yenice
District
Location of Yenice within Turkey.
Yenice Location of Yenice
Coordinates: 39°56′N 27°15′E / 39.933°N 27.250°E / 39.933; 27.250
Country	Turkey
Region	Marmara
Province	Çanakkale
Government
• Mayor	Veysel Acar (AKP)
Area^[1]
• District	1,416.79 km² (547.03 sq mi)
Elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Population (2012)^[2]
• Urban	7,348
• District	35,009
• District Density	25/km² (64/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	17xxx
Area code(s)	286
Licence plate	17
Website	www.yenicebelediyesi.bel.tr

Yenice is a town and district of Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 35,796 of which 6,903 live in the town of Yenice.^[3]^[4] The district covers an area of 1,417 km² (547 sq mi),^[5] and the town lies at an elevation of 255 m (837 ft).

History

On 18 March 1953 Yenice was subject to a devastating 7.4 $M_{{\mathrm {w}}}$ earthquake which left 998 dead and thousands of buildings damaged.^[6] a previous devastating earthquake had occurred here in 1440 AD.^[7]

Economy

People's basic occupation is agricultural work. Cereals, beans, tomatoes and tobacco are grown. There is a tomato paste processing plant in Yenice. Important towns in the district include: Kalkım, Hamdibey and Pazarköy.

Tourism is a relatively new component of Yenice's economy; however, wild boar hunting is becoming popular as a tourist attraction.^[8]

Notable people from Yenice

İbrahim Bodur(entrepreneur) Nuri Bilge Ceylan (director) http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuri_Bilge_Ceylan

Notes

↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
↑ "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.
↑ Statistical Institute
↑ GeoHive. "Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units". Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Statoids. "Statistical information on districts of Turkey". Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ "Today In Earthquake History:March 18". United States Geological Survey. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
↑ Kürçer, Akın (2008) "The Yenice–Gönen active fault (NW Turkey): Active tectonics and palaeoseismology" Tectonophysics 453: pp. 263–275
↑ "Başmakçı Kültür (Bashmakchi Culture)", in Turkish

External links

District governor's official website (Turkish)
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Yenice, Turkey". Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Road map of Yenice and environs
Various images of Yenice, Çanakkale
Photo of Yenice, Çanakkale, Pamoramio

Yenice, Çanakkale in Çanakkale Province of Turkey

Central district(s)

Çanakkale

Other districts

List of Provinces by Region

Istanbul	Istanbul

Western Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ

Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak

Eastern Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova

Western Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya

Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye

Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat

Western Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak

Eastern Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon

North Eastern Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars

Central Eastern Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elâzığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van

South Eastern Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

Coordinates: 39°55′51″N 27°15′29″E / 39.93083°N 27.25806°E / 39.93083; 27.25806

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