Canakkale Province Çanakkale ili | |
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Location of Canakkale Province in Turkey | |
Kintra | Turkey |
Region | Marmara |
Govrenment | |
• Electoral destrict | Canakkale |
Area | |
• Tot | 9737 km2 (3,759 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Tot | 490,397 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Area code(s) | 0286 |
Vehicle registration | 17 |
Çanakkale Province (Turkis: Çanakkale ili) is a province o Turkey, locatit in the northwastren pairt o the kintra. It takes its name frae the toun o Çanakkale.
Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European (Thrace) an an Asie (Anatolie) pairt. The European pairt is formit bi the Gallipoli (Gelibolu) peninsula, while the Asie pairt is lairgely coterminous wi the historic region o Troad in Anatolie. They are separatit bi the Dardanelles strait, connectin the Sea o Marmara an the Aegean Sea.
The airchaeological steid o Troy is foond in Çanakkale province.
Çanakkale province is dividit intae 12 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):
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Coordinates: 40°02′27″N 26°33′37″E / 40.04083°N 26.56028°E