Ayvacık (Çanakkale)
| Ayvacık | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Çanakkale | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 36 ' N , 26 ° 24' E | |||
| Height : | 295 m | |||
| Residents : | 8,881 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 286 | |||
| Postal code : | 17 860 | |||
| License plate : | 17th | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 3 malls | |||
| Mayor : | Mesut Bayram ( CHP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Ümmühan Mahallesi Cumhuriyet Caddesi No: 3 Ayvacık / ÇANAKKALE |
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| Ayvacık County | ||||
| Residents : | 33,568 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 880 km² | |||
| Population density : | 38 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Cevat Çelİk | |||
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Ayvacık is a city and a district in the northwestern Turkish province of Çanakkale . The county seat is about 60 km south of the provincial capital Çanakkale on the E-87 from Çanakkale to İzmir . At the end of 2018, the city was home to 26.5 percent of the district's population.
The county
The district is located in the southwest of the province on the Aegean Sea and borders in the north on the districts of Ezine and Bayramiç , in the east on the province of Balıkesir (district of Edremit ).
In the extreme southwest of the district lies Cape Baba, the westernmost point of the Anatolian mainland and thus the continent of Asia . The area is mountainous, about ten kilometers west of the district town is the highest mountain, Kavak Dağı, at 672 meters. Ayvacık forms the southern end of the historical area of the Troas . In the west lies the Aegean Sea, in the south the Gulf of Edremit (Edremit Körfezi) .
The river Tuzla Çayı flows through the district in a westerly direction and flows west of Tuzla into the Mediterranean Sea. The Ayvacık dam, which was completed in 2008, is located 4 km east of the city of Ayvacık on Tuzla Çayı .
In addition to the district town, the district consists of another municipality ( Belediye , Belde ): Küçükkuyu with 10,045 inhabitants and 64 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 229 inhabitants. One village has more than a thousand inhabitants: Gülpınar with 1,344 inhabitants. The population density is below the provincial average of 55 inhabitants per km².
Worth seeing
There are several archaeological and historical sights in Ayvacık County.
- the ancient city of Assos on the south coast.
- at Cape Baba the place Babakale with an Ottoman fortress.
- near Gülpınar northeast of Babakale the ancient city of Chryse with a temple of Apollon Smintheus .
- near Küçükkuyu on the south coast on a mountain the remains of a Roman military station, called Zeus Altar .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 1, 2019
