Demirci is a municipality and
district
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of
Manisa Province
Manisa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in western Turkey. Its area is 13,339 km2, and its population is 1,468,279 (2022). Its neighboring provinces are İzmi ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 1,321 km
2, and its population is 36,620 (2022).
The town lies at an elevation of .
History
From 1867 until 1922, Demirci was part of the
Aidin Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
. At the
2013 reorganisation, it lost part of its territory to the district of
Köprübaşı.
Composition
There are 101
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Demirci District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Ahatlar
* Ahmetler
* Akdere
* Akıncılar
* Alaağaç
* Armutlu
* Ayvaalanı
* Azizbey
* Bahçeler
* Bardakçı
* Bayramşah
* Beyazıt
* Boyacık
* Bozcaatlı
* Bozköy
* Büyükkıran
* Çağıllar
* Camii Atik
* Çamköy
* Çamlıca
* Çanakçı
* Çandır
* Çardaklı
* Çataloluk
* Cumhuriyet
* Danişmentler
* Demirci
* Dr.Akarsu
* Durhasan
* Elek
* Erişler
* Esenyurt
* Eskihisar
* Fatih
* Gömeçler
* Gümele
* Gürçeşme
* Güveli
* Hacıbaba
* Hacıhamza
* Hacıhasan
* Hacıtürbek
* Hırkalı
* Hoşçalar
* Hüdük
* İçhisar
* İcikler
* Iklıkçı
* İmceler
* İmrenler
* İsmailler
* Karaisalar
* Kargınışıklar
* Kasımfakı
* Kayaköy
* Kayranokçular
* Kazancı
* Kerpiçlik
* Kılavuzlar
* Kışlak
* Köpüler
* Kovancı
* Köylüce
* Küçükkıran
* Küçükoba
* Kulalar
* Kuzayır
* Kuzuköy
* Mahmutlar
* Marmaracık
* Mezitler
* Minnetler
* Mitatpaşa
* Öksüzlü
* Ören
* Örücüler
* Pazar
* Rahmanlar
* Sağnıç
* Sayık
* Secaettin
* Şehreküstü
* Serçeler
* Sevinçler
* Sinan
* Sofular
* Söğütçük
* Talas
* Taşokçular
* Tekeler
* Teperik
* Ulacık
* Üşümüş
* Yağmur
* Yarbasan
* Yavaşlar
* Yeğenler
* Yenice
* Yeşildere
* Yeşiloba
* Yiğitler
Economy
Demirci is one of the well known handmade Turkish carpet production centers in Manisa
Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...
. Demirci carpets have different pattern and styles, such as ''"Yağcıbedir carpet"'' ().
References
External links
District governor's official website
Road map of Demirci and environs
Various images of Demirci, Manisa
Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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