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Ayvacık is a town and district of
Çanakkale Province Çanakkale Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale. Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European ( Thrace) and an Asian (Anatolia) part. The ...
in the Marmara region of
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. According to the 2007 census, population of the district is 30,027, of which 7,457 live in the town of Ayvacık. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of . During the Gallipoli campaign in
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fight ...
, it was the target of several allied attacks.


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District municipality's official website

Road map of Ayvacık and environs

Various images of Akliman in Ayvacık, Çanakkale

Various images of Küçükkuyu in Ayvacık, Çanakkale
Populated places in Çanakkale Province Districts of Çanakkale Province {{Çanakkale-geo-stub