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İzmir Province

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İzmir Province

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Also known as İzmir, Izmir, TR310

province in west Turkey

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İzmir Province is a region located on Turkey's western coast, known for its important port city and Mediterranean location. It matters because it serves as a major economic and cultural hub for Turkey, with significant trade and tourism activity.

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Official website

T.C. İzmir Valiliği

Valiliğimiz ile ilgili haberler, duyurular, basın açıklamaları, ziyaretler, törenler

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Wikidata facts

Official name
İzmir
Country
Turkey
Located in
Turkey
Continent
Asia
Capital
İzmir
Official language
Turkish
Population
4126820
Area
11891
Elevation
2
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Body of water
Aegean Sea
Shares border with
Manisa Province
Official website
www.izmir.gov.tr
Households
1569603
Life expectancy
77.63
GDP per capita
15.369
Dialing code
232
Licence plate code
35
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Commons category
İzmir Province
topic's main category
Category:İzmir Province
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in İzmir Province
category for people born here
Category:Births in İzmir Province
category of associated people
Category:People from İzmir Province
native label
ازمیر ولایت
postal code
35000–35999
coextensive with
İzmir
male population
2045501
female population
2081319
inception
1922-09-11
annual number of weddings
29600
suicide rate
5.61
total fertility rate
1.58
mean age
38.96
minimum temperature record
-8.2
maximum temperature record
43.2
present in work
Civilization V
name in kana
イズミル
water as percent of area
1.22
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Encyclopedic overview

İzmir Province (Turkish: İzmir ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 districts out of 30 in total. To the west, it is surrounded by the Aegean Sea, and it encloses the Gulf of Izmir. Its area is 11,891 square kilometres (4,591 square miles), and its population is 4,462,056 (2022). Neighboring provinces are Balıkesir to the north, Manisa to the east, and Aydın to the south. The traffic code of the province is 35. The current governor of the province is Süleyman Elban, appointed in August 2023.

Major rivers of the province include the Küçük Menderes river, Koca Çay (with Güzelhisar dam), and Bakırçay.

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