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For non-metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the name of the province (e.g. the city/district of Rize is the central district of Rize Province). In the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the vilayet. Each province is administered by an appointed governor from the Ministry of the Interior.
Turkey is primarily a country of two peninsulas: the Asiatic (southeastern) side is Anatolia, and the European (northwestern) side is Thrace on the Balkan Peninsula. On these two main peninsulas there are secondary peninsulas. [1] [2] [3]
See also: Category:Histories of cities in Turkey. ... History of Van Province (2 C, 25 P) Y. History of Yalova Province (1 C, 11 P) History of Yozgat Province (15 P) Z.
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Within this unitary framework, Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces for administrative purposes. Each province is divided into districts, for a total of 973 districts. [2] Turkey is also subdivided into 7 regions and 21 subregions for geographic, demographic and economic purposes; this does not refer to an administrative division.
According to the same data, there is an average of 111 people per km 2 in Turkey. [1] While 68.3% of the population is in the 15–64 age group, 21.4% are in the 0–14 age group. [1] Approximately 10.2% of the population consists of people aged 65 and over. [1] The median age of Turkey's population is 34. [1]
İstanbul Province. Below is the list of populated places in Istanbul Province, Turkey by the districts. All districts of Istanbul Province are considered as a part of Greater Istanbul and most districts have no populated places other than the district center itself. In the following lists first place in each list is the administrative center ...
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