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]
Bayındır | |
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Bayındır District within the Province of İzmir | |
Bayındır | |
| Coordinates: 38°13′09″N 27°38′53″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | İzmir |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Kertiş (AKP) |
| Area | |
| • District | 540.22 km2 (208.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 21,785 |
| • District | 40,988 |
| • District density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
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]
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]
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