Bigadiç district

Bigadiç is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,108 km2, and its population is 48,917 (2022). As former Ancient bishopric of Achyraus, it remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Bigadiç
Turkey place.image_map: Balıkesir location Bigadiç.svg
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Bigadiç District in Balıkesir Province
Turkey place.province: Balıkesir
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: İsmail Avcu
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 1108
Turkey place.elevation_m: 160
Turkey place.population_total: 48917
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 10440
Turkey place.area_code: 0266

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Population: 49887
Area: 1108
Elevation: 165
Official website: www.bigadic.gov.tr
Licence plate code: 10

Show 4 more facts

Commons category: Bigadiç
urban population: 8955
rural population: 37981
inception: 1943-07-01

Sources (9)

via Wikidata · CC0

~5 min read

Article

6 sections

Contents

Etymology
Composition
Ecclesiastical history
Titular see
Notes and references
Sources and external links

Bigadiç has the largest Boron reserves of both Turkey and the world. Also, villages of Bigadiç have natural thermal water reserves which contains Selenium and Sulfur.