Aydın ( tur. Aydın ) - silt in southwest Turkey .
| Il | |
| Aydin | |
|---|---|
| tour. Aydın | |
| A country | Turkey |
| Includes | 17 districts |
| Adm Centre | Aydin |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 7,922 km² (42nd place ) |
| Timezone | UTC +2, in the summer UTC +3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 950,757 people ( 2009 ) ( 21st place ) |
| Density | 120.01 people / km² (18th place) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | TR-09 |
| Telephone code | +90 256 |
| Zip Codes | |
| Automat code numbers | 09 |
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Content
Geography
The territory of the Aydin silt in the west is washed by the Aegean Sea , a strait of less than 2 km separates the coast from the Greek island of Samos . Aydin silt borders with Mugla silt in the south, Denizli silt in the east, Manisa silt in the northeast, and Izmir silt in the north.
Most of the silt is located in the basin of the Bolshoi Menderes River (Buyuk-Menderes, in ancient times Meander).
History
In ancient times, the territory of silt was part of the region of Kariya .
The city of Aydin, the center of the province, was founded by the ancient inhabitants of Tarsus and had the name Thrallis. Due to the fact that the city was located in a seismic zone, it was destroyed and rebuilt many times. Many civilizations owned Aydin and its environs: Lydians, Phrygians, Spartans, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines.
In 1186 , the Seljuk Turks seize the city from Byzantium; in the XIV century, it was conquered by the founder of the eponymous Beylik, Emir Aydin , in whose honor the city was renamed. 1466 the city becomes Ottoman.
Population
Sandzak Aydin (1912) [1]
| Sanjak | Kaza | Muslims | Greeks | Armenians | Jews | Total number |
| Aydin | Aydin | 46,578 | 19,982 | 300 | 1,890 | 68,864 |
| Sokia | 12,987 | 25,801 | 59 | - | 38,847 | |
| Tsina | 24,975 | 550 | one | - | 25,526 | |
| Bozdogan | 27,945 | 1,500 | - | 14 | 29,459 | |
| Nazli | 50,069 | 6,800 | 274 | 120 | 57,863 | |
| Total: | 162,554 | 54,633 | 634 | 2.024 | 219,959 |
The population is 950,757 inhabitants (2009). Ethnic composition: Turks - 85%, Greeks - 11%, others - 4%.
The largest cities are Aydin , Nazilli , Söke .
Administrative division
Il Aydin consists of 17 districts (Ilche, Tur. Ilçe ):
- Aydın (Aydın)
- Bozdogan (Bozdoğan)
- Bukharkent (Buharkent)
- Chine (Çine)
- Didim
- Germencik (Germencik)
- Incirliova
- Karacasu
- Karpuzlu
- Kocharly (Koçarlı)
- Köshk
- Kusadasi (Kuşadası)
- Kuyucak
- Nazilli (Nazilli)
- Söke
- Sultanhisar (Sultanhisar)
- Yenipazar
Economy
In the valley of Big Menderes, fruits are grown (the largest areas of figs in Turkey), olives , grains, fruits, cotton, tobacco.
Deposits of copper, iron and arsenic ores, lignite , brown coal .
Textile, food industry. Cement production.
In the province there are popular seaside resorts Didim and Kusadasi .
Attractions
On the territory of silt excavations of the large ancient Greek city of Miletus are located .
Notes
- ↑ George Sotiriadis, An Ethnological Map Illustrating Hellenism in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor, 1918
Links
- Official site of Aydin province (tour)
- Official website of the provincial government (eng.)
- Aydin on the website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey (rus.)
- Information about the weather in Aydin (English)