Gömeç is a municipality and
district
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of
Balıkesir Province
Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 171 km
2, and its population is 16,880 (2022).
Its former name was ''Armutova'' before becoming a district. The ancient city
Kisthene is located in Gömeç. Current mayor's name is Melih Bagci (CHP).
Composition
There are 13
neighbourhoods
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in Gömeç District:
* Dursunlu
* Hacıhüseyinler
* Hacıoğlu
* Hacıosman
*
Karaağaç
* Kemalpaşa
* Keremköy
* Kobaşlar
* Kumgedik
* Kuyualanı
* Mithatpaşa
* Ulubeyler
* Yaya
Twin towns — sister cities
Gömeç is
twinned with:
*
Donji Vakuf
Donji Vakuf ( sr-Cyrl, Доњи Вакуф, ) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It was founded by Malkoçoğlu İbrahim Bey in 1572 an ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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since 2002
Sister/Twin Cities of Balıkesir Province
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References
Populated places in Balıkesir Province
Districts of Balıkesir Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Populated coastal places in Turkey
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