İzmir

İzmir, heestorically also Smyrna, is a ceety in wastren Turkey an the seat o İzmir Province. It is Turkey's third maist populous ceety an the kintra's seicont lairgest port ceety efter Istanbul. It is located alang the ootlying watters o the Gulf o İzmir, bi the Aegean Sea.

İzmir
Metropolitan municipality
Frae tap tae bottom, left tae richt: Konak in İzmir, Historical Elevator in Karataş, Pasaport Wharf in İzmir, Gündoğdu Squerr, İzmir Clock Touer in Konak Squerr, A view o the ceety frae Historical Elevator, Karşıyaka.
Eik-name(s):  Pairl o the Aegean
İzmir Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38.42°N 27.14°E / 38.42; 27.14
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Aegean
Province	İzmir
Established	Auncient era (as Smyrna an Kordelion)
Caipital toun	Konak (de-facto; Turkis metropolises hae na offeecial caipital touns)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Aziz Kocaoğlu (CHP)
Area
• Metropolitan municipality	7340 km2 (2,830 sq mi)
• Urban	893.13 km2 (344.84 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2017)[1][2]
• Metropolitan municipality	4,273,677
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	3,028,323
Time zone	UTC+3 (FET)
Postal code	35xxx
Area code(s)	(+90) 232
Licence plate	35
Website	www.izmir.bel.tr www.izmir.gov.tr

Sister ceeties

The follaein is a leet o İzmir's sister ceeties.^[3]:

Europe Thessaloniki, Greece, syne 6 Februar 2009 Ancona, Italy, syne 2005 Astana, Kazakhstan, syne 1994 Milan, Italy, syne 1990 Astara, Azerbaijan, syne 2007 Baku, Azerbaijan, syne 1985 Bălţi, Moldovae, syne 1996 Bratislava, Slovakie, syne 2003 Bremen, Germany, syne 1993 Constanţa, Romanie, syne 1995 Famagusta, Cyprus, syne 1997 Ganja, Azerbaijan, syne 1994 Mostar, Bosnie, syne 1996 Naples, Italy, syne 1992 Odense, Denmark, syne 1991 Plzeň, Czech Republic, syne 1987 Shymkent, Kazakhstan, syne 2004 Split, Croatie, syne 1996 Vlorë, Albanie, syne 1994 Wrocław, Poland, syne 1999 Yaroslavl, Roushie, syne 2007 Žilina, Slovakie, syne 1997

Asie Aleppo, Sirie, syne 1993 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, syne 1991 Kuching, Malaysie, syne 1996 Bombay, Indie, syne 1997 Bukhara, Uzbekistan, syne 1992 Da Nang, Vietnam, syne 1998 Hod HaSharon, Israel syne 2008 Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, syne 1994 Karachi, Pakistan, syne 1985 Mary, Turkmenistan, syne 1994 Samarkand, Uzbekistan, syne 1994 Surabaya, Indonesie, syne 1996 Tel Aviv, Israel, syne 1998 Tianjin, Cheenae, syne 1990 Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan, syne 1993 Byblos, Lebanon Africa Tripoli, Libie, syne 1996 Alexandria, Egyp, syne 1996 Algiers, Algerie, syne 1988 Casablanca, Morocco, syne 1999 Fes, Morocco, syne 1995 Sousse, Tunisie, syne 2002

Americas Córdoba, Argentinae, syne 1995 Havana, Cuba, syne 1995 Long Beach, Californie, USA, syne 2004 Salvador, Brazil, syne 1998 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, syne 1998 Tampa, USA, syne 1990 Viña del Mar, Chile, syne 1996

References

1. "Turkey: Major cities and provinces". citypopulation.de. Archived frae the original on 24 Februar 2015. Retrieved 8 Februar 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
3. "Sister cities of İzmir (1/7)" (in Turkish). Archived frae the original on 5 Januar 2009. Retrieved 16 Julie 2008.

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