Gümüşçay
Sign in to saveGümüşçay (former ) is a town (belde) in the Biga District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,123 (2021). It is situated in the Anatolian portion of the province south of Marmara Sea coast. The distance to Biga is . The settlement was an Ottoman district center named Güvercinli. The mosque of Gümüşçay, the Nasuh Çelebi mosque was built during the reign of Mahmut I (1730-1754). The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1949. The main economic sector of the town is agriculture.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in TR, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Biga District, Populated places in Çanakkale Province and Town municipalities in Turkey.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town municipality of Turkey
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Biga
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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Gümüşçay (former ) is a town (belde) in the Biga District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,123 (2021). It is situated in the Anatolian portion of the province south of Marmara Sea coast. The distance to Biga is . The settlement was an Ottoman district center named Güvercinli. The mosque of Gümüşçay, the Nasuh Çelebi mosque was built during the reign of Mahmut I (1730-1754). The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1949. The main economic sector of the town is agriculture.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gümüşçay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations