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This article is about the district. For the Turkish ship, see
SS Bandırma.
Bandırma (Greek: Πάνορμος Panormos) is a city in northwestern Turkey with 111,000 inhabitants (2007 estimate) on the Sea of Marmara.
The city is a commercial centre and its harbour serves as a transit point for trade between Istanbul and Izmir. There is also agriculture produced in the surrounding areas, covering products like cereals, sheep wool and meat, cattle, grain and the mineral boracite.
The city has road and rail connections with other urban centres. Istanbul is 100 km northeast (by boat), Bursa 100 km east, İzmir 270 km southwest and Canakkale 170 km west. Also city has a seaport and military airport.
Bandırma's twin towns are Kamen, Germany and Mardin, Turkey.
[edit] History
- 13th century: Used by Christian Crusaders as a base in their operations against the Greeks and local tribes of Anatolia. At this time it was known as Panormos.
- 14th century: Conquered by the Ottoman Empire and incorporated into their kingdom.
- 1918: In advertently the last shot of WWI was fired in Bandirma, the shell fall is marked by a monument.
- 1922: During the Turkish War of Independence, Bandirma is bombed and destroyed.
[edit] Population
| population by years |
| year |
centrum |
villages |
total |
| 2007 |
110248 |
18355 |
128603 |
| 2000 |
97419 |
23334 |
120753 |
| 1997 |
90719 |
|
113000 |
| 1990 |
77444 |
25816 |
103260 |
| 1985 |
70200 |
|
94000 |
| 1980 |
53497 |
|
80000 |
| 1975 |
45700 |
|
|
| 1970 |
39521 |
|
|
| 1965 |
33200 |
|
|
| 1960 |
28800 |
|
|
| 1950 |
19500 |
|
|
| 1927 |
10981 |
|
|
| 1891 |
9100 |
|
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[edit] Twin cities
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