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  1. Çanakkale Province ( Turkish: Çanakkale ili) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale. Its area is 9,817 km 2, [2] and its population is 559,383 (2022). [1] 1915 Çanakkale Bridge. Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European ( Thrace) and an Asian ( Anatolia ...

  2. Because of its location controlling the Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı), less than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at that point, Çanakkale has always been strategically important. It was damaged by British bombardment during World War I. Pop. (2000) 75,810; (2013 est.) 111,137. This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen ...

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  4. Çanakkale (pronounced chah-NAK-kah-leh) is a city in the Southern Marmara region of Turkey. It stands at the outlet of the Dardanelles, the straits between European and Asian Turkey, and has been a travel hub in peace and war since antiquity. With a population in 2014 of 186,116, it has a student buzz thanks to ÇOMÜ, the Çanakkale Onsekiz ...

  5. The province of Canakkale lies on both sides of the Dardanelles which connects the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean Sea. Its shores touch both Europe (with the Gelibolu Peninsula) and Asia (with the Biga Peninsula) and there are regular ferries between the two sides. There is also a long suspension bridge opened in March 2022, one of the biggest in ...

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