Balıkesir (Q47117)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Balıkesir Province (Turkish: Balıkesir ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km2, and its population is 1,257,590 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale to the west, İzmir to the southwest, Manisa to the south, Kütahya to the southeast, and Bursa to the east. The provincial capital is Balıkesir. Most of the province lies in the Marmara Region except the southern parts of Bigadiç Edremit, Kepsut, İvrindi, Savaştepe and Sındırgı districts and ones of Ayvalık, Burhaniye, Dursunbey, Gömeç and Havran, that bound the Aegean Region. Kaz Dağı (pronounced [kaz daːɯ]), known also as Mount Ida, is located in this province. Balıkesir province is famous for its olives, thermal spas, and clean beaches, making it an important tourist destination. The province also hosts immense deposits of kaolinite and borax, with some open-pit mines. The Kaz mountains are also threatened with the expansion of gold mining using cyanide which puts the villagers' lives, the agricultural economy, and tourism at risk.

Summary from Türkçe / Turkish Wikipedia (trwiki)

Balıkesir, Türkiye'nin bir ilidir. Marmara Bölgesi'nin Güney Marmara Bölümü'nde, topraklarının bir kısmı ise Ege Bölgesi'nde yer alan ilin hem Marmara hem de Ege Denizi'ne kıyısı bulunur. Türkiye genelinde ise iki deniz ile komşu olan sadece 6 il vardır. İl, Kuzeybatı Anadolu'da bulunmaktadır. Doğusunda Bursa ve Kütahya illeri, güneyinde Manisa ve İzmir illeri ve batısında ise Çanakkale ili vardır. Ayvalık ilçesinden de Yunanistan'ın Midilli Adası'na komşudur.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Balıkesir ist eine türkische Provinz im Westen des Landes. Im Westen grenzt sie an das Ägäische Meer, im Norden an die Provinz Çanakkale und an das Marmarameer. Balıkesir ist seit 2012 eine Großstadtgemeinde/Metropolprovinz (Büyükşehir belediyesi) und besteht aus 20 İlçe.

Summary from Tiếng Việt / Vietnamese Wikipedia (viwiki)

Balıkesir là một thành phố tự trị (büyük şehir) đồng thời cũng là một tỉnh (il) của Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ. Thành phố giáp các tỉnh và thành phố: phía tây là Çanakkale, İzmir về phía tây nam, phía nam là Manisa, đông nam là Kütahya và phía đông giáp Bursa.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Balıkesir is een provincie van Turkije. De provincie is 14.442 km² groot en heeft 1.076.347 inwoners (2000). De provincie ligt in het westen van het land en heeft een kustlijn aan zowel de Egeïsche Zee als de Zee van Marmara. De hoofdstad is Balıkesir. In de provincie bevindt zich Mons Ida.

Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

La provincia di Balıkesir (in turco Balıkesir ili) è una provincia della Turchia nella regione di Marmara con 1 160 731 abitanti (dato 2012).

Summary from Español / Spanish Wikipedia (eswiki)

Balıkesir İli es una de las 81 provincias en que está dividida Turquía, administrada por un Gobernador designado por el Gobierno central.

Summary from Català / Catalan Wikipedia (cawiki)


La província de Balıkesir és una divisió administrativa de la regió de la Màrmara a Turquia, amb capital a Balıkesir.

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relation: Balıkesir (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Balıkesir
name:ar: بالق أسير
name:bg: Балъкесир
name:ce: Баликесир
name:el: Μπαλικεσίρ
name:en: Balıkesir
name:fa: بالیکسیر
name:hy: Բալըքեսիր
name:ja: バルケスィル
name:ka: ბალიქესირი
name:ko: 발리케시르
name:ro: Balıkesir
name:ru: Балыкесир
name:tr: Balıkesir
name:uk: Баликесір
name:ur: بالق اسیر
network: TR-provinces
boundary: administrative
ref:nuts: TR221
wikidata: Q47117
ISO3166-2: TR-10
wikipedia: tr:Balıkesir (il)
ref:nuts:3: TR221
admin_level: 4
name:tr:suffix: Büyükşehir Belediyesi

wikidata match: Q47117

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