Saray (Tekirdağ)
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 Ayas Paşa Mosque in the Saray district |
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| Province (il) : | Tekirdağ | |||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 27 ' N , 27 ° 55' E | |||
| Height : | 162 m | |||
| Residents : | 22,315 (2010) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 282 | |||
| Postal code : | 59600 | |||
| License plate : | 59 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2011) | ||||
| Mayor : | Nazmi Çoban ( CHP ) | |||
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| Saray County | ||||
| Residents : | 46,351 (2010) | |||
| Surface: | 1,185 km² | |||
| Population density : | 39 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Gülihsan Yiğit | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Saray is a district town and a district in the north of the Turkish province of Tekirdağ in Eastern Thrace . Saray has 22,315 and the district 46,351 inhabitants (2010). There are 19 villages in the district .
The district borders with a small part in the north on the Black Sea . In the west and east it borders on the provinces of Kırklareli and Istanbul .
The name Saray means castle in German and refers to the residence of the Tatar rulers of the Crimean Khanate . After the Russian conquest of Crimea, they found asylum in the Ottoman Empire and were settled in Thrace.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 21, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on September 11, 2011
