Çanakkale Province

Çanakkale is a province of Turkey. Its capital is the city of Canakkale. Here is the Battle of Gallipoli took place.

The province extends across the European Eastern Thrace up to the Asian Asia Minor, which through the Dardanelles ( Çanakkale bogazi ) are separated.

The province has 490 397 inhabitants (conditions 2010) in an area of 9,950 km ². It is bounded on the northwest by the province of Edirne, on the northeast by Tekirdag and to the southeast by Balıkesir.

The population density is 49 inhabitants / km ². For the province, the islands Gökçeada ( Imbros ) and Bozcaada include ( Tenedos ).

Counties

The Çanakkale Province is divided into the following twelve counties with 568 villages:

Attractions

In the province, which includes the ancient Troad heard there are several places of interest:

  • The Historic National Park Troy with the ancient city of Troy
  • The ancient city of Assos
  • In the ancient city of Chryse, the temple of Apollo Smintheus
  • The ancient city of Alexandria Troas
  • The westernmost point of the mainland of Asia Minor in Babakale, the ancient Hamaxitos
  • Canakkale Archaeological Museum, exhibited in the finds from Troy and other places of Troas are
  • On the peninsula of Gallipoli in the European part of the province there are various memorials to the battles that took place here during the First World War (Historical National Park Gallipoli Peninsula ).
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