Eskişehir Province

Eskişehir Province Eskişehir ili
Province of Turkey
Location of Eskişehir Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	Central Anatolia
Government
• Electoral district	Eskişehir
• Governor	Erol Ayyıldız
Area
• Total	13,652 km2 (5,271 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	871,187
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Urban	734,837
Area code	0222
Vehicle registration	26

Eskişehir Province (Turkish: Eskişehir ili) is a province in northwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kütahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincial capital is Eskişehir. Most of the province is laid down in Central Anatolia Region. Northern parts of Mihalıççık district and ones of Mihalgazi and Sarıcakaya are located in the Black Sea Region and one of them belong to the Aegean Region.

Eskişehir is an old, culturally developed province of Turkey. It has a population of 844,842. Its urban population is 734,837. Eskişehir has 2 universities, Eskişehir Osmangazi University ESOGU, and Anadolu Üniversitesi, which is the largest university in Turkey and which has some branch offices in Europe.

Districts

Midas Tomb in Yazılıkaya, Eskişehir

Eskişehir province is divided into 14 districts, two of which are included in the greater municipality of Eskişehir (shown in boldface letters).

• Odunpazarı
• Tepebaşı
• Alpu
• Beylikova
• Çifteler
• Günyüzü
• Han
• İnönü
• Mahmudiye
• Mihalgazi
• Mihalıççık
• Sarıcakaya
• Seyitgazi
• Sivrihisar

Demographics

Porsuk River

Eskişehir's population has a high literacy level of 99%. Many universities and military installations are located in and around the city. Turkish technical students are concentrated in the Eskişehir universities. Infrastructural problems have been partially solved in 2004 with the construction of a tram system.

Eskisehir, and neighboring cities were the major settlement area for the descendants of the founders of the Ottoman Empire, about 1000 years ago. Many villages in the province carry the names of the Turkish tribes/clans from those times. Some people in the city of Eskişehir trace their family origin back to Crimea and the Caucasus.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	154,195	—
1940	206,794	+2.28%
1950	276,164	+2.93%
1960	368,827	+2.94%
1970	459,367	+2.22%
1980	543,802	+1.70%
1990	641,057	+1.66%
2000	706,009	+0.97%
2010	764,584	+0.80%
2018	871,187	+1.64%
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Meerschaum

Eskişehir is internationally known as the source of Meerschaum, a white foamy stone which is used for smoking pipes with detailed carvings. It is called lületaşı in Turkish.

See also

• List of populated places in Eskişehir Province
• Monument of Sivrihisar Airplane

External links

• (in Turkish) Eskişehir governor's official website
• (in Turkish) Eskişehir municipality's official website