Foça district
Sign in to saveFoça is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 251 km2, and its population is 34,946 (2022). The town of Foça is situated at about northwest of İzmir's city center on the Aegean coast. The district has a settlement and former municipality named Yenifoça (literally "New Foça"), also along the Aegean Sea shore and at a distance of from Foça proper. For this reason, Foça itself is locally often called as Eskifoça ("Old Foça") in daily parlance.
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Place details
- Locality
- Foça
- Region
- İzmir Province
- Country
- Türkiye
- Population
- 15,189
- Timezone
- Europe/Istanbul
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Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Foça
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Foça pictures 12.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Marina of Foça
- Turkey place.image_map
- İzmir location Foça.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Foça District in İzmir Province
- Turkey place.province
- İzmir
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Fatih Gürbüz
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 251
- Turkey place.population_total
- 34946
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Turkey
- Named after
- Phocaea
- Official name
- Foça
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- İzmir Province
- Continent
- Asia
- Official language
- Turkish
- Population
- +32264
- Area
- +251
- Elevation
- +8
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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Foça is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 251 km2, and its population is 34,946 (2022). The town of Foça is situated at about northwest of İzmir's city center on the Aegean coast. The district has a settlement and former municipality named Yenifoça (literally "New Foça"), also along the Aegean Sea shore and at a distance of from Foça proper. For this reason, Foça itself is locally often called as Eskifoça ("Old Foça") in daily parlance.
==History== thumb|left|Coastline near Foça
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