Bursa Province

Bursa Province

Bursa ili
Bursa Province Bursa ili
Province of Turkey
	Pine trees seen from Uludağ Road
	Location of Bursa Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	East Marmara
Subregion	Bursa
Largest City	Bursa
Government
• Electoral district	Bursa
Area
• Total	11,043 km2 (4,264 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	3,139,744
• Density	280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Area code	0224
Vehicle registration	16

Bursa Province (Turkish: Bursa ili) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the north. The province has an area of 11,043 km² and a population of 3,139,744 as of 2021.^[1] Its traffic code is 16.

The vast majority of the Bursa Province districts (and the city of Bursa) are located within the Marmara Region, but the districts of Büyükorhan, Harmancık, Keles and Orhaneli are located within the Aegean Region.

The city of Bursa was the capital of the Ottoman State between 1326 and 1365, until the Ottoman conquest of Edirne, then known as Adrianople, which became the new Ottoman capital between 1365 and 1453, when Constantinople became the final Ottoman capital.

Districts

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	401,595	—
1940	461,648	+1.08%
1950	545,919	+1.69%
1960	693,894	+2.43%
1970	847,884	+2.02%
1980	1,148,492	+3.08%
1990	1,603,137	+3.39%
2000	2,125,140	+2.86%
2010	2,605,495	+2.06%
2018	2,994,521	+1.75%
source:^[2]^[3]