Buca
Buca | |
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District and municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°21′N 27°10′E / 38.350°N 27.167°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | İzmir |
Government | |
• Mayor | Erhan Kılıç (CHP) |
Area | 178 km2 (69 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 522,404 |
• Density | 2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Area code | 0232 |
Website | www |
Buca (/buːdʒə/, Turkish pronunciation: [budʒa]) is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 178 km2,[3] and its population is 522,404 (2022).[1] It is the biggest district of İzmir Province as terms of population. It covers the southeastern part of the agglomeration of İzmir and the adjacent countryside.
History
Buca was one of the preferred settlement areas of İzmir's community of
The district center is situated slightly inland like the district of
Later, in 1861, when the railway reached Buca from Smyrna, many rich Europeans from Smyrna built their summer houses in Buca. Yet, due to its substantial growth, Buca soon became a suburb of Smyrna and people started to stay there permanently. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were three Greek Orthodox churches, two Greek community schools (one for males, one for females) as well as some private Greek schools also, while there were two private English schools, one catholic nonnes' school and one Capuchin monks school. . However, Greek inhabitants were expulsed in 1922 and fled to Greece, where they named their new settlement "
NATO's Allied Land Command headquarters was established in Buca in 2012.
Composition
There are 48
- 29 Ekim
- Adatepe
- Akıncılar
- Atatürk
- Aydoğdu
- Barış
- Belenbaşı
- Bucakoop
- Çağdaş
- Çaldıran
- Çamlık
- Çamlıkule
- Çamlıpınar
- Cumhuriyet
- Dicle
- Doğancılar
- Dumlupınar
- Efeler
- Fırat
- Gaziler
- Göksu
- Güven
- Hürriyet
- Inkılap
- İnönü
- İzkent
- Karacaağaç
- Karanfil
- Kaynaklar Cumhuriyet
- Kaynaklar Merkez
- Kırklar
- Kozağaç
- Kuruçeşme
- Laleli
- Menderes
- Murathan
- Mustafa Kemal
- Seyhan
- Şirinkapı
- Ufuk
- Vali Rahmi Bey
- Yaylacık
- Yenigün
- Yeşilbağlar
- Yiğitler
- Yıldız
- Yıldızlar
- Zafer
Education
Dokuz Eylül University, one of the two larger universities in İzmir, has its newly built main campus located in Buca, in the locality called Tınaztepe. While the university has dependencies scattered all over İzmir, it is largely associated with Buca, in the same way as the other large university, Ege University, is associated with Bornova.
Hippodrome
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Notable people
The Swedish naturalist Fredrik Hasselquist (1722–1752) died in Buca.
See also
- Cemil Şeboy
- Dokuz Eylül University
- Levantine mansions of Smyrna
Gallery
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Hippodrome of İzmir in Şirinyer, Buca
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19th century Levantine house in Buca
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Buca street with old houses
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Easygoing lifestyle in Buca
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23 meters high statue of Mevlana in Buca
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fontrier, A., "Le monastere de Lembos", Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, XVI, 1892.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.