Gelibolu
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- For other uses, see Gallipoli (disambiguation).
Gelibolu in modern Turkish, (Greek: Καλλίπολις), is the name of a town and a district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey, located on the Gallipoli peninsula in the European part of Turkey. Gelibolu is well-known for sardine canning.
Gelibolu was the original center of Kaptanpaşa Eyalet; between 1864 and 1920 the town was the sanjak center in Edirne vilayet. The Bulgarian Army threatened Gelibolu during the First Balkan War and advanced to Bolayır in 1912. The town was occupied by Greeks between 1920-1922. Between 1922 and 1926 the town was a provincial center and the districts of Gelibolu, Eceabat, Keşan (Enez became part of Keşan before 1953.
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Coordinates: 40°25′N 26°40′E / 40.417°N 26.667°E
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