Bahçe, Osmaniye

Bahçe
Bahçe
	Bahçe
	Coordinates: 37°12′00″N 36°35′00″E / 37.20000°N 36.58333°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Osmaniye
Government
• Mayor	Murat Altundiş (MHP)
• Kaymakam	Oktay Çağatay
Area
• District	182.52 km2 (70.47 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Urban	13,117
• District	20,568
• District density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Post code	80500
Website	www.bahce.bel.tr

Bahçe is a rural district and town of Osmaniye Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is located in the Nur Mountains area.

The Bahçe Wind Farm, situated on the Gökçedağ, was the country's largest one with its installed power of 135 MW as it was commissioned in 2009.^[3]

The Ayran railroad station (Ayran İstasyonu) is located east of the town, near the entrance to the tunnel (Bahçe-tünel) leading to Fevzipaşa. This tunnel was originally built as part of the Baghdad Railway in the early 20th century.

Notable natives

Devlet Bahçeli, politician and chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)

References

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "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.
^ "Zorlu'nun rüzgar santrali üretimde..." Kent Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-06-30. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-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] "Zorlu'nun rüzgar santrali üretimde..." Kent Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-06-30. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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