Buca (Izmir)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buca
Coat of arms is missing
Help on coat of arms
Buca (Izmir) (Turkey)
Red pog.svg
Basic data
Province (il) : Izmir
Coordinates : 38 ° 23 '  N , 27 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 23 '16 "  N , 27 ° 10' 31"  E
Height : 107  m
Residents : 461,761 (2014)
Telephone code : (+90)
Postal code : 35 390
License plate : 35
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Mayor : Levent Piriştina ( CHP )
Website:
Buca county
Residents : 461,761 (2014)
Surface: 134 km²
Population density : 3,446 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Senol Bozacıoğlu
Website (Kaymakam):
Template: Infobox location in Turkey / maintenance / district
Pedestrian bridge in Yedigöller Park

Buca is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Izmir and at the same time a municipality of the Büyükşehir Belediyesi (city municipality) Izmir . After a regional reform, the city is identical in terms of population and area to the district.

The city of Buca is located in the southeast of the Izmir city center. The district is bordered by Balçova and Karabağlar to the west, Gaziemir to the southwest , Menderes and Torbalı to the south, Kemalpaşa to the east and Bornova to the north .

In Buca is the campus of the 9th September University . In the district of Şirinyer in the west of the city there is a horse race track on Koşuyolu Caddesi, and in the north there is Yedigöller Park. Until the fire in Izmir in 1922, Buca was the center of the Levantine population of Izmir.

The politicians Işılay Saygın and Ahmet Piriştina were born in Buca.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from January 19, 2016 on WebCite ), accessed January 19, 2016