Bayındır

Bayındır
Bayındır
	Bayındır District within the Province of İzmir
	Bayındır
	Coordinates: 38°13′09″N 27°38′53″E / 38.21917°N 27.64806°E
Country	Turkey
Province	İzmir
Government
• Mayor	Mehmet Kertiş (AKP)
Area
• District	540.22 km2 (208.58 sq mi)
Population (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
• Urban	Template:Turkey district populations
• District	Template:Turkey district populations

Bayındır is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey and the central town of the district which is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes.^[2]

History

Its name in classical antiquity was Caystrus (Καύστρος), near Smyrna. Its present name derives from Turkish people who in the 11th c. AD settled there; they were members of the Bayındır clan, one of the 24 original Oghuz clans. In 1997, the town population was 18,100. It is connected with İzmir by a branch of the Aydın railway, and has a trade in olives, olive oil, cotton, figs, raisins and tobacco.^[2]

Transport

The district is crossed by the Torbalı-Tire railway, with a branch to Ödemiş. It is served by regional trains from/to İzmir (Basmane-Ödemiş and Basmane-Tire), and counts the stations of Arıkbaşı, Karpuzlu, Elifli, Furunlu, Bayındır (in the capital town), Yakaköy and Çatal.^[3]

References

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baindir". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 223. The cited information may be out of date.
^ 1841223 (x j a h) Bayındır on OpenStreetMap