Bayındır

Bayındır is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey and the central town of the district which is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes.[3]

This article is about the district of İzmir Province. For other uses, see Bayındır (disambiguation).
Bayındır
Bayındır District within the Province of İzmir
Bayındır District within the Province of İzmir
Bayındır is located in Turkey
Bayındır
Bayındır
Coordinates: 38°13′09″N 27°38′53″E
CountryTurkey
Provinceİzmir
Government
 • MayorMehmet Kertiş (AKP)
Area
[1]
 • District540.22 km2 (208.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
21,785
 • District
40,988
 • District density76/km2 (200/sq mi)

History

Its name in classical antiquity was Caystrus (Κάϋστρος), near Smyrna. Its present name derives from Turkish people who in the 11th c. AD settled there; they were members of the Bayındır clan, one of the 24 original Oghuz clans. From 1867 until 1922, Bayındır was part of the Aydin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. In 1997, the town population was 18,100. It is connected with İzmir by a branch of the Aydın railway, and has a trade in olives, olive oil, cotton, figs, raisins and tobacco.[3]

Transport

The district is crossed by the Torbalı-Tire railway, with a branch to Ödemiş. It is served by regional trains from/to İzmir (Basmane-Ödemiş and Basmane-Tire), and counts the stations of Arıkbaşı, Karpuzlu, Elifli, Furunlu, Bayındır (in the capital town), Yakaköy and Çatal.[4]

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baindir". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 223. The cited information may be out of date.
  4. 1841223 Bayındır on OpenStreetMap

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