Şarköy
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Şarköy is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 487 km2, and its population is 33,466 (2022). It is a seaside town on the north coast of the Marmara Sea in East Thrace. Şarköy is 86 km west of the town of Tekirdağ, and can be reached either by the inland road or by the winding coast road, which goes on to Gallipoli. The mayor is Alpay Var (CHP).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Şarköy
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Şarköy.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- A view of Şarköy from the heights
- Turkey place.image_map
- Tekirdağ location Şarköy.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Şarköy District in Tekirdağ Province
- Turkey place.province
- Tekirdağ
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Alpay Var
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 487
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 12
- Turkey place.population_total
- 33466
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 59800
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0282
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 32565
- Elevation
- 12
- Image
- Sarkoymeydan.jpg
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- urban population
- 33062
- postal code
- 59800
- rural population
- 16590
- name in kana
- シャルキョイ
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Şarköy is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 487 km2, and its population is 33,466 (2022). It is a seaside town on the north coast of the Marmara Sea in East Thrace. Şarköy is 86 km west of the town of Tekirdağ, and can be reached either by the inland road or by the winding coast road, which goes on to Gallipoli. The mayor is Alpay Var (CHP).
==History== Stone-age weapons and implements have been found in the villages of Kızılca Terzi, Fener Karadutlar and Sofuköy. Bronze Age artefacts from 1200 BC have been found in İğde Bağları (Araplı), showing that mining took place here and also that there were trading links between Thrace and the Aegean coast.
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