world.wikisort.org - Turkey

Search / Calendar

Bayındır is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey and the central town of the district which is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes.[3]

This article is about the district of İzmir Province. For other uses, see Bayındır (disambiguation).
Bayındır
Bayındır District within the Province of İzmir
Bayındır
Coordinates: 38°13′09″N 27°38′53″E
CountryTurkey
Provinceİzmir
Government
 • MayorMehmet Kertiş (AKP)
Area
[1]
 • District540.22 km2 (208.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
21,785
 • District
40,988
 • District density76/km2 (200/sq mi)

History


Its name in classical antiquity was Caystrus (Κάϋστρος), near Smyrna. Its present name derives from Turkish people who in the 11th c. AD settled there; they were members of the Bayındır clan, one of the 24 original Oghuz clans. In 1997, the town population was 18,100. It is connected with İzmir by a branch of the Aydın railway, and has a trade in olives, olive oil, cotton, figs, raisins and tobacco.[3]


Transport


The district is crossed by the Torbalı-Tire railway, with a branch to Ödemiş. It is served by regional trains from/to İzmir (Basmane-Ödemiş and Basmane-Tire), and counts the stations of Arıkbaşı, Karpuzlu, Elifli, Furunlu, Bayındır (in the capital town), Yakaköy and Çatal.[4]


References


  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baindir". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 223. The cited information may be out of date.
  4. 1841223 (x a j h) Bayındır on OpenStreetMap


Media related to Bayındır at Wikimedia Commons


This geographical article about a location in İzmir Province, Turkey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e


Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии