Gökçeada (district)

Gökçeada is a rural district of the Çanakkale Province of Turkey. Its population is about 7,074 where 4,885 live in the center.[3] The district consists of the island of Imbros (Turkish: Gökçeada), the largest island in Turkey. The mayor is Ünal Çetin (İYİ).

For the historic island, see Imbros.
Gökçeada
Gökçeada
Coordinates: 40°09′39″N 25°50′40″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceÇanakkale
Government
 • MayorÜnal Çetin (İYİ)
 • KaymakamKemalettin Sakin
Area
 • District286.71 km2 (110.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
5,943
 • District
8,288
 • District density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Post code
17760
Websitewww.gokceada.bel.tr
  • Gökçeada 1967
  • Zeytinli köyü
  • Zeytinli köyü
  • Three Royal Navy midshipmen, George Drewry, Wilfred Malleson and Greg Russell, having a picnic on Imbros during the Battle of Gallipoli
  • Students of "İmroz İlköğretmen Okulu/Imbros Education High School" in military training class, 03.12.1967
gollark: I may have to look up exactly how much carbon dioxide exists.
gollark: We should just convert the spare atmospheric CO2 into cuboids of diamond (and oxygen gas) and build from those.
gollark: Can't wait for 50 degrees of warming and hypercanes.
gollark: Isn't water vapour a greenhouse gas too, though?
gollark: You could also point the orbital mirrors at population centres.

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Statistical Institute
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