Bayındır

Bayındır
Bayındır
District and municipality
	Map showing Bayındır District in İzmir Province
	Bayındır Location in Turkey Bayındır Bayındır (İzmir)
	Coordinates: 38°13′09″N 27°38′53″E / 38.21917°N 27.64806°E
Country	Turkey
Province	İzmir
Government
• Mayor	Davut Sakarsu (CHP)
Area	548 km2 (212 sq mi)
Population (2022)	40,073
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	35840
Area code	0232
Website	www.bayindir.bel.tr

Bayındır is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 548 km²,^[3] and its population is 40,073 (2022).^[1] The central town of the district is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes.^[4]

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.^[4]

Composition

There are 59 neighbourhoods in Bayındır District:^[5]

Alankıyı
Alanköy
Arıkbaşı
Atatürk
Balcılar
Bıyıklar
Buruncuk
Cami
Çamlıbel
Çenikler
Çiftçigediği
Çınar
Çınardibi
Çırpı Cami
Cumhuriyet
Demircilik
Dereköy
Dernekli
Elifli
Ergenli
Fatih
Fırınlı
Gaziler
Hacıbeşir
Hacıibrahim
Hasköy
Hatay
Havuzbaşı
Hisarlık
İbrahimçavuş
Kabaağaç
Karahalilli
Karahayit
Karapınar
Karaveliler
Kızılcaağaç
Kızılcaova
Kızılkeçili
Kızıloba
Kurt
Lütuflar
Mektep
Mitatpaşa
Necati Uza
Orta
Osmanlar
Pınarlı
Sadıkpaşa
Sarıyurt
Söğütören
Tokatbaşı
Turan
Yakacık
Yakapınar
Yeni
Yenice
Yeşilova
Yusuflu
Zeytinova

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.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baindir" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 223.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ 1841223 (x j a h) Bayındır on OpenStreetMap

External links

Media related to Bayındır at Wikimedia Commons

[tuik-1] "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[2] Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[3] "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[eb1911-4] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baindir" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 223.

[5] Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[6] 1841223 (x j a h) Bayındır on OpenStreetMap

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