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The total population of the region is 5,966,101 (2019 estimate), down from 6,100,000 at the 2000 census. The population density (40 inhabitants per square kilometre (100/sq mi)) is lower than the average for Turkey (98/km 2 (250/sq mi)). [citation needed] The region has the second most rural population in Turkey after the Black Sea region ...
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Iran to the east; Iraq , Syria , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea ...
The Anatolian side of Turkey is the largest portion in the country [1] that bridges southeastern Europe and west Asia. East Thrace, the European portion of Turkey comprises 3% [2] of the landmass but over 15% [2] of the population.
The geographical regions of Turkey comprise seven regions (Turkish: bölge), which were originally defined at the country's First Geography Congress in 1941. [1] The regions are subdivided into 31 sections (Turkish: bölüm), which are further divided into numerous areas (Turkish: yöre), as defined by microclimates and bounded by local geographic formations.
East Thrace has an area of 23,757 km 2 (9,172 sq mi), 3.1% of Turkey's internal area; the population density is around 515/km 2, compared to about 98/km 2 for Asiatic Turkey. The two continents are separated by the Dardanelles , the Bosphorus (collectively known as the Turkish straits ) and the Sea of Marmara , a route of about 361 km (224 mi).
Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, [a] is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey.It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north.
Ankara, the capital of Turkey and its second-largest city, has a population of 5.7 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021. Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, has a population of over 4.3 million in its metropolitan area as of 2019. Bursa, Turkey's fourth-largest city, has a population of over 3.1 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
East Marmara Bingöl: TR-12 TRB13 426 Central East Anatolia Bitlis: TR-13 TRB23 434 Central East Anatolia Bolu: TR-14 TR424 374 East Marmara Burdur: TR-15 TR613 248 Mediterranean Bursa: TR-16 TR411 224 East Marmara Çanakkale: TR-17 TR222 286 West Marmara Çankırı: TR-18 TR822 376 West Black Sea Çorum: TR-19 TR833 364 West Black Sea Denizli ...