Erdek
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Erdek is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 307 km2, and its population is 32,021 (2024). Located on the Kapıdağ Peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Erdek at the south of the Sea of Marmara, Erdek is a popular domestic holiday destination with several hotels dating back to the 1960s. The surrounding area has a rugged geology and topography with evergreen wooded areas and large olive groves. It is dominated by Mt Dindymus (782m). Erdek district also included the islands of Koyun and Paşalimanı.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Erdek
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Erdek.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Gulf of Erdek
- Turkey place.image_map
- Balıkesir location Erdek.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Erdek District in Balıkesir Province
- Turkey place.province
- Balıkesir
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Burhan Karışık
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 307
- Turkey place.population_total
- 32021
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2024
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 10550
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0266
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Erdek
- Population
- 32963
- Image
- Erdek.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 10
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- urban population
- 32038
- rural population
- 18180
- native label
- Erdek
- Commons category
- Erdek
- name in kana
- エルデク
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Erdek is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 307 km2, and its population is 32,021 (2024). Located on the Kapıdağ Peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Erdek at the south of the Sea of Marmara, Erdek is a popular domestic holiday destination with several hotels dating back to the 1960s. The surrounding area has a rugged geology and topography with evergreen wooded areas and large olive groves. It is dominated by Mt Dindymus (782m). Erdek district also included the islands of Koyun and Paşalimanı.
In the summer ferries travel from Erdek to Avşa Adası, one of the Marmara Islands in the Sea of Marmara. The harbour overlooks tiny Zeytinlik island where there is a research station devoted to olives.
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