Çanakkale (Province)

Çanakkale
Province number:	17th
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	40 ° 2 ′ N , 26 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 40 ° 2 ′ N , 26 ° 34 ′ E
Provincial capital:	Çanakkale (city)
Region:	Marmara region
Surface:	9,817 km²
Population:	540,662 (2018)
Population density:	52 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Orhan Tavlı
Seats in Parliament:	4th
Structural
Telephone code:	0286
Features :	17th
Website
	www.canakkale.gov.tr (Turkish)

Çanakkale is a province of Turkey . Its capital is the city of Çanakkale .

The province stretches across the Gelibolu peninsula in Eastern European Thrace to Asia Minor , which are separated from each other by the Dardanelles (Çanakkale Boğazı) . It belongs to the Marmara region . The European part borders the provinces Edirne and Tekirdağ in the north , the Asian part borders the province Balıkesir in the southeast .

The province also includes the islands of Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos). The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Gelibolu peninsula .

population

Results of the population extrapolation

The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and are gender relations ( sex ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census determined 489,298 inhabitants, around 24,000 more than in the 2000 census.

year	Population at the end of the year			Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
year	total	male	Female	Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
2018	540,662	273.092	267,570	1.93	980	39
2017	530.417	269.160	261.257	2.04	971	40
2016	519.793	262,288	257.505	1.26	982	42
2015	513.341	259.721	253,620	0.30	977	41
2014	511.790	259,655	252.135	1.88	971	41
2013	502,328	254,800	247,528	1.75	971	41
2012	493,691	250,633	243.058	1.49	970	41
2011	486.445	249,088	237.357	−0.81	953	41
2010	490.397	254,579	235.818	2.65	926	41
2009	477.735	243,643	234.092	0.62	961	42
2008	474.791	242,471	232.320	−0.28	958	42
2007	476.128	244,613	231,515	-	946	41
2000 ¹	464.975	215,571	249,404		1157	43

¹ 2000 census

Census results

The following tables show the population of Çanakkale province documented in the 14 censuses .
The values in the table on the left are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values in the table on the right come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1927	181.735	13,648,270	35
1935	222,792	16.158.018	37
1940	304,588	17,820,950	24
1945	317.254	18,790,174	23
1950	289,429	20,947,188	36
1955	311,456	24,064,763	36
1960	337.610	27,754,820	38

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1965	350.317	31,391,421	39
1970	360.764	35.605.176	42
1975	369.385	40,347,719	44
1980	391,568	44,736,957	44
1985	417.121	50,664,458	46
1990	432.263	56.473.035	45
2000	464.975	67,803,927	43

Number of provinces in relation to the census years:

1927, 1940 to 1950: 63 provinces
1935: 57 provinces
1955: 67 provinces
1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
1990: 73 provinces
2000: 81 provinces

Administrative division

The province of Çanakkale is divided into twelve districts :

district	Area ¹ (km²)	Population (2018) ²		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Gender ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
district	Area ¹ (km²)	district	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	District (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)	Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Gender ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
Ayvacık	880	33,568	8,881	2	6th	64	38.15	56.38	999	06/01/1928
Bayramiç	1,204	29,716	15,338	1	4th	75	24.68	51.62	1019
Biga	1.310	90,576	54,429	3	14th	108	69.14	65.64	1002
Bozcaada	37	3,023	3,023	1	2	1	81.70	0.00	794
Çan	905	48.215	30,072	2	9	65	53.28	66.17	993	08/01/1945
Eceabat	430	8912	5,679	1	2	12	20.73	63.72	968
Ezine	727	32.003	14,232	2	7th	49	44.02	56.02	955
Gelibolu	823	44,809	30,341	3	10	26th	54.45	78.82	853	06/26/1926
Gokceada	282	9,783	7.205	1	5	9	34.69	73.65	716
Lapseki	821	27,327	13,126	3	6th	40	33.29	70.31	1001
Merkez	1,016	180.823	136.002	2	10	52	177.98	90.72	1003
Yenice	1,381	31,907	7,698	2	6th	76	23.10	31.53	1023	06/15/1936
PROVINCE Çanakkale	9,817	540,662		23	81	577	55.07	71.22	980

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¹ area in 2014
^two population projection on December 31, 2018
³ sex ratio (Sex Ratio): Number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
⁴ PDF file of the Interior Ministry
^five counties, the first to have been formed Foundation of Turkey (1923).

Attractions

In the province, to which the ancient landscape of Troas also belongs, there are several sights:

the Historical National Park Troy with the ancient city of Troy
the ancient city of Assos
in the ancient place Chryse the temple of Apollon Smintheus
the ancient city of Alexandria Troas
the westernmost point of mainland Asia Minor in Babakale , the ancient Hamaxitos
the Çanakkale Archaeological Museum , in which finds from Troy and other parts of Troy are exhibited
On the Gelibolu peninsula in the European part of the province there are various memorials that commemorate the fighting during the First World War ( Gelibolu Peninsula Historical National Park with the Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı monument )