Bigadiç is a town and district of Balıkesir Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. 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.
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The oldest known name of Bigadiç is "Didi-Moti-He" which means "The twin of the goddess of luck". Also, according to some variable legends and myths, the name Bigadiç is originated by the name of a Roman general, or the name of the son of Pergamon King. Furthermore, some scholars assert that the name is related to "Boğadıç" which means "Bull meadow" ("Boğa" is the Turkish translation of the English word "Bull"). In addition, Bigadiç has different names such as Akhyrous (Αχυρούς in Ancient greek, Bigadia or Pigàdia (Πηγάδια), Bigados, Bugadıç and finally Bigadiç throughout history.
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