Biga 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 ...
. It is located on the
Biga River, northeast from
Çanakkale
Çanakkale (pronounced ), ancient ''Dardanellia'' (), is a city and seaport in Turkey in Çanakkale province on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the city is 195,439 (2021 estimate).
Çanakkale is ...
city centre. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 80,982 of which 37,196 live in the town of Biga. The district covers an area of ,
and the town lies at an elevation of .
The center of
COMU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is in Biga.
History
Within the area of Biga (at
Karabiga) is the site of the ancient city of Pegaea ( el, Πηγαία), also known as Pegae or Pegai (Πηγαί, "the Springs") until late
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantino ...
times (in Crusader sources it is also known as Spiga
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/ref>). Archaeologists have not yet established how far back the site has been occupied.["Başmakçı Kültür (Bashmakchi Culture)"](_blank)
/ref> In ancient times, Pegaea, located on the plain of Adrastea on the border between the Troad and Mysia, was sometimes included as part of one and sometimes the other. Since coming under Ottoman rule in 1364 it has been known as Biga. Under the Ottomans, it was the seat of a sanjak.
Tourism
Among the tourist sites in the district are the Ilıcabashı spa, Parion (Kemerd), Priapos (Karabiga castle)
International relations
Twin towns and sister cities
Biga is twinned with:
* Xanthi
Xanthi ( el, Ξάνθη, ''Xánthi'', ) is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope ...
, Greece ''(since 2000)''
See also
* Biga Çayı
Gallery
File:Balıkkayamağara.jpg, Biga panorama from Balıkkaya
File:Öğle vakti Karabiga.JPG, Kocakum shores in Karabiga
File:Granicus River.jpg, Biga Çayı (''Granicus River'') in Biga
Notes
References
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External links
District governor's official website
Road map of Biga and environs
Detailed map of Biga district of Çanakkale
Various images of Biga, Çanakkale
Various images of Karabiga in Biga, Çanakkale
Information on Biga
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Populated places in Çanakkale Province
Districts of Çanakkale Province