Provinces o Turkey
Turkey is dividit intae 81 provinces, cried il in Turkis (plural is iller, see Turkis alphabet for caipitalization o i).
A province is admeenistered bi an appointit govrenor (vali), an wis umwhile termed a "govrenorate" (vilayet).
The provinces are dividit intae a number o different destricts. Each province haes a govrenment aurie (il merkezi) in the central destrict (merkez ilçe), an mey include ither destricts (ilçe singular, ilçeler plural). In aw but three cases, the govrenment aurie bears the same name as the province. The exceptions are Antakya (in Hatay), Izmit (in Kocaeli) an Adapazari (in Sakarya).
Leet o provinces
eedit
- Population data accordin tae 2009 census.[1]
- Efter Zonguldak (67) the orderin is no alphabetical but in the order o creation o provinces, acause these provinces wur recently creatit an named bi the govrenment, an their plate numbers wur assigned thereefter.
Codes
eeditThe numbers o the ISO code, the first twa digits o the vehicle registration plates o Turkey an the first digits o the postal codes in Turkey are the same. NUTS codes are different.
Name | ISO 3166-2 | NUTS | Phone prefix |
---|---|---|---|
Adana | TR-01 | TR621 | 322 |
Adıyaman | TR-02 | TRC12 | 416 |
Afyon | TR-03 | TR332 | 272 |
Ağrı | TR-04 | TRA21 | 472 |
Aksaray | TR-68 | TR712 | 382 |
Amasya | TR-05 | TR834 | 358 |
Ankara | TR-06 | TR510 | 312 |
Antalya | TR-07 | TR611 | 242 |
Ardahan | TR-75 | TRA24 | 478 |
Artvin | TR-08 | TR905 | 466 |
Aydın | TR-09 | TR321 | 256 |
Balıkesir | TR-10 | TR221 | 266 |
Bartın | TR-74 | TR813 | 378 |
Batman | TR-72 | TRC32 | 488 |
Bayburt | TR-69 | TRA13 | 458 |
Bilecik | TR-11 | TR413 | 228 |
Bingöl | TR-12 | TRB13 | 426 |
Bitlis | TR-13 | TRB23 | 434 |
Bolu | TR-14 | TR424 | 374 |
Burdur | TR-15 | TR613 | 248 |
Bursa | TR-16 | TR411 | 224 |
Çanakkale | TR-17 | TR222 | 286 |
Çankırı | TR-18 | TR822 | 376 |
Çorum | TR-19 | TR833 | 364 |
Denizli | TR-20 | TR322 | 258 |
Diyarbakır | TR-21 | TRC22 | 412 |
Düzce | TR-81 | TR423 | 380 |
Edirne | TR-22 | TR212 | 284 |
Elazığ | TR-23 | TRB12 | 424 |
Erzincan | TR-24 | TRA12 | 446 |
Erzurum | TR-25 | TRA11 | 442 |
Eskisehir | TR-26 | TR412 | 222 |
Gaziantep | TR-27 | TRC11 | 342 |
Giresun | TR-28 | TR903 | 454 |
Gümüşhane | TR-29 | TR906 | 456 |
Hakkari | TR-30 | TRB24 | 438 |
Hatay | TR-31 | TR631 | 326 |
Iğdır | TR-76 | TRA23 | 476 |
Isparta | TR-32 | TR612 | 246 |
Istanbul-I (Thrace) | TR-34 | TR100 | 212 |
Istanbul-II (Anatolia) | TR-34 | TR100 | 216 |
İzmir | TR-35 | TR310 | 232 |
Kahramanmaraş | TR-46 | TR632 | 344 |
Karabük | TR-78 | TR812 | 370 |
Karaman | TR-70 | TR522 | 338 |
Kars | TR-36 | TRA22 | 474 |
Kastamonu | TR-37 | TR821 | 366 |
Kayseri | TR-38 | TR721 | 352 |
Kilis | TR-79 | TRC13 | 348 |
Kırıkkale | TR-71 | TR711 | 318 |
Kırklareli | TR-39 | TR213 | 288 |
Kırşehir | TR-40 | TR715 | 386 |
Kocaeli (İzmit) | TR-41 | TR421 | 262 |
Konya | TR-42 | TR521 | 332 |
Kütahya | TR-43 | TR333 | 274 |
Malatya | TR-44 | TRB11 | 422 |
Manisa | TR-45 | TR331 | 236 |
Mardin | TR-47 | TRC31 | 482 |
Mersin | TR-33 | TR622 | 324 |
Muğla | TR-48 | TR323 | 252 |
Muş | TR-49 | TRB22 | 436 |
Nevşehir | TR-50 | TR714 | 384 |
Niğde | TR-51 | TR713 | 388 |
Ordu | TR-52 | TR902 | 452 |
Osmaniye | TR-80 | TR633 | 328 |
Rize | TR-53 | TR904 | 464 |
Sakarya (Adapazarı) | TR-54 | TR422 | 264 |
Samsun | TR-55 | TR831 | 362 |
Şanlıurfa | TR-63 | TRC21 | 414 |
Siirt | TR-56 | TRC34 | 484 |
Sinop | TR-57 | TR823 | 368 |
Sivas | TR-58 | TRC33 | 346 |
Şırnak | TR-73 | TR722 | 486 |
Tekirdağ | TR-59 | TR211 | 282 |
Tokat | TR-60 | TR832 | 356 |
Trabzon | TR-61 | TR901 | 462 |
TRNC* | 392 | ||
Tunceli | TR-62 | TRB14 | 428 |
Uşak | TR-64 | TR334 | 276 |
Van | TR-65 | TRB21 | 432 |
Yalova | TR-77 | TR425 | 226 |
Yozgat | TR-66 | TR723 | 354 |
Zonguldak | TR-67 | TR811 | 372 |
Defunct provinces
eedit- Bayazıt, nou pairt o Ağrı Province.
- Çatalca, now pairt o Istanbul Province.
- Elazığ Madeni, nou pairt o Elazığ Province.
- Gelibolu, nou pairt o Çanakkale Province.
- Genç, nou pairt o Bingöl Province.
- Kozan, nou pairt o Adana Province.
- Şebinkarahisar, nou pairt o Giresun Province.
- Siverek, nou pairt o Şanlıurfa Province.
- Silifke, nou pairt o Mersin Province.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ Turkish Statistical Institute (2010). "2009 Census, population living in cities". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived frae the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 25 Januar 2010.