Kırklareli Province
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Kırklareli Province (Turkis: Kırklareli ili) is a province in northwastren Turkey on the wast coast o the Black Sea. The province neighbours Bulgarie tae the north alang a 180 kilometers lang border. It borders the province o Edirne tae the wast an the province o Tekirdağ tae the sooth an province o Istanbul tae the sootheast. Kırklareli is the caipital ceety o the province. The province's an its central ceety's name means "the land o the fowerties" in Turkis an it mey refer aither tae the fowerty Ottoman ghazis sent bi the sultan Murad I tae conquer the ceety for the Ottoman Empire in the 15t century or tae the fowerty kirks reportit tae be situatit in the region afore the Ottoman conquest. Thare is a memorial on a hilltop in Kırklareli ceety, cried "Kırklar Anıtı" (the Memorial o the Forties in Turkis) tae honour the Ottoman conquerors (For mair on the name's oreegins, see Kırklareli).
Kırklareli Province Kırklareli ili | |
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Location of Kırklareli Province in Turkey | |
Kintra | Turkey |
Region | Marmara |
Govrenment | |
• Electoral destrict | Kırklareli |
• Govrenor | Hüseyin Avni Coş |
Area | |
• Tot | 6,550 km2 (2,530 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Tot | 351,684 |
• Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Area code(s) | 0288 |
Vehicle registration | 39 |
Website | http://www.kirklareli.gov.tr/ |
The province is bisectit bi the Yıldız (Istranca) muntain range. The north an northeastren pairts o the province are amang the least populatit an developit pairts o Turkey. The destricts tae the sooth an wast are mair populatit acause the land is better suitit for agriculture an industrial development. The north an eastren pairts o the province are dominatit bi forests. Therefore forestry is an important means o livin in thir auries. Fishin is done alang the Black Sea coast.