Burhaniye
| Burhaniye | ||||
|
||||
 Location of Burhaniye within Balikesir |
||||
| Basic data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province (il) : | Balikesir | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 31 ' N , 26 ° 57' E | |||
| Residents : | 60,799 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 266 | |||
| Postal code : | 10700 | |||
| License plate : | 10 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 38 Mahalles | |||
| Mayor : | Ali Kemal Deveciler ( CHP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Mahkeme Mahallesi Hürriyet Caddesi No: 80 10700 Burhaniye / Balıkesir |
|||
| Website: | ||||
| Burhaniye County | ||||
| Kaymakam : | Hüseyin Öner | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Burhaniye is a city in the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Balıkesir and at the same time a district of the Büyükşehir belediyesi Balıkesir (metropolitan municipality / metropolitan province ) created in 2012 . Burhaniye is located on the Aegean coast in the innermost corner of the Gulf of Edremit across from the Greek island of Lesbos . Since a regional reform in 2012, the district town is identical in terms of area and population to the district.
geography
Located between the Ida in the north and the Madra in the south and irrigated by the Havran River, the flat coastal plain is very fertile. Burhaniye is known for its olive cultivation .
history
The famous ruins of the ancient cities of Pergamon in the south and Troy in the northwest can be reached in day trips of around 80 and 150 km. The city that gave the gulf its name, Edremit, is the biblical Adramyttion , which is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (27.2). Burhaniye was initially called Kemer from the Turkish word for aqueduct , which originally brought water from the Madra Mountains. Later it was named after the son of the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II Şehzade Burhaneddin Efendi. In the museums of archeology and of the Turkish national movement, the ancient and recent history of the region is presented.
economy
Besides agriculture and the industry that processes its products - there are 18 olive oil factories in the district - the place is characterized by tourism , especially in the Ören district by the sea. The wide sandy beach has received the Blue Flag seal of approval from the Foundation for Environmental Education .
Twin cities
Burhaniye has been connected to the German city of Hürth since 2011 .
Web links
- Mahallelere Göre Balıkesir Burhaniye (List of all districts from 2013, with population and gender)
- Burhaniye Mahalleleri Nüfusu Balıkesir (List of all districts 2012–2018, with population figures )
- on Twitter
Individual evidence
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu (Nufusune.com) , accessed on April 23, 2019
