Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province (Turkis: Çanakkale ili) is a province o Turkey, locatit in the northwastren pairt o the kintra. It takes its name frae the toun o Çanakkale.
Canakkale Province Çanakkale ili | |
|---|---|
 Location of Canakkale Province in Turkey | |
| Kintra | Turkey |
| Region | Marmara |
| Govrenment | |
| • Electoral destrict | Canakkale |
| Area | |
| • Tot | 9737 km2 (3,759 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Tot | 490,397 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Area code(s) | 0286 |
| Vehicle registration | 17 |
Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European (Thrace) an an Asie (Anatolie) pairt. The European pairt is formit bi the Gallipoli (Gelibolu) peninsula, while the Asie pairt is lairgely coterminous wi the historic region o Troad in Anatolie. They are separatit bi the Dardanelles strait, connectin the Sea o Marmara an the Aegean Sea.
The airchaeological steid o Troy is foond in Çanakkale province.
Destricts
eeditÇanakkale province is dividit intae 12 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):
Gallery
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A ferry goin frae the toun o Çanakkale tae Gallipoli peninsulae -
A view o Çanakkale frae the Dardanelles -
Historical clock touer in Çanakkale toun center
References
eedit- ↑ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Çanakkale Province. |
- (in Inglis) Çanakkale govrenor's offeecial wabsteid Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Çanakkale municipality's offeecial wabsteid Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Çanakkale wather forecast information Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Picturs o the caipital o the province an it's sichts
Coordinates: 40°02′27″N 26°33′37″E / 40.04083°N 26.56028°E