Çanakkale Province

Canakkale Province Çanakkale ili
Province o Turkey
Location of Canakkale Province in Turkey
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Marmara
Govrenment
• Electoral destrict	Canakkale
Area
• Tot	9737 km2 (3,759 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Tot	490,397
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0286
Vehicle registration	17

Çanakkale Province (Turkis: Çanakkale ili) is a province o Turkey, locatit in the northwastren pairt o the kintra. It takes its name frae the toun o Çanakkale.

Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European (Thrace) an an Asie (Anatolie) pairt. The European pairt is formit bi the Gallipoli (Gelibolu) peninsula, while the Asie pairt is lairgely coterminous wi the historic region o Troad in Anatolie. They are separatit bi the Dardanelles strait, connectin the Sea o Marmara an the Aegean Sea.

The airchaeological steid o Troy is foond in Çanakkale province.

Destricts

Çanakkale province is dividit intae 12 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):

• Ayvacık
• Bayramiç
• Biga
• Bozcaada
• Çan
• Çanakkale
• Eceabat
• Ezine
• Gelibolu
• Gökçeada
• Lapseki
• Yenice

Gallery

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  A ferry goin frae the toun o Çanakkale tae Gallipoli peninsulae
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  A view o Çanakkale frae the Dardanelles
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  Historical clock touer in Çanakkale toun center

Freemit airtins

• (in Inglis) Çanakkale govrenor's offeecial wabsteid Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Inglis) Çanakkale municipality's offeecial wabsteid Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Inglis) Çanakkale wather forecast information Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Inglis) Picturs o the caipital o the province an it's sichts