Gönen is a municipality and

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. Its area is 1,162 km², and its population is 74,871 (2022). It lies on the southern part of

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. The town is mostly known for its therapeutic

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, leather processing and rice production.

Location

The town is surrounded by

Bandırma Bandırma ()Greek: Panormos(Πανορμος)is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 755 km2, and its population is 167,363 (2024). Bandırma is located in the south of the Marmara Sea, in the ...

in the northeast,

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and Yenice in the west,

and Gulf of Erdek and

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). This was also the name of the brook, that flows next to the city center and was crossed by the

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Aesepus Bridge. Research shows that the subsequent name was Artemea (Αρτεμέα), a derivation of the

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goddess

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. After the Ottoman conquest the name Gönen was used. The

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source of that name is still disputed. Widely accepted possibilities are: * Non-Turkish possibilities: ** Ka-wana : A word meaning "Sheepland/Sheep Country" in

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** Germenon : A word meaning "

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" ** Giunan : A word meaning "Greek" (Yion in

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), becoming "Giunen" and then "Gonen" in Turkish * Possible meanings in

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: ** A small pond that dries in summer, small pond, placid water ** Humid, wet, well-watered. Also, some sources indicate that there was a nomadic tribe of the "Yörükan community" bearing the name "Gönen","Gönan" or "Gönenlü". The tribe was loosely based around

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and Maraş.

History

According to

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's Seyahatname (In which he collected the notes of his journeys), Gönen was used by the governors of Bursa as a summer holiday location, where they enjoyed the therapeutic uses of the

. On 18 March 1953, Gönen suffered a M7.3 earthquake which left 50 dead in Gönen and hundreds of buildings damaged. a previous devastating earthquake had occurred here in 1440 AD.

Composition

There are 101

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in Gönen District:Mahalle
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* Beyoluk *

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* Buğdaylı * Büyüksoğuklar * Çakmak * Çalıca * Çalıoba * Canbaz *

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Climate

In Gönen, it dropped to -15.1 degrees in 1985. However, the lowest temperature seen recently is only -6.4 degrees. (The data is insufficient so its accuracy is questionable, but still these regions are quite temperate.) There is a 400 decare geothermal banana greenhouse in Gönen district and banana cultivation has been carried out since 2021. Gönen bananas are of high quality and delicious.

Ölçülen Uç Değerler

* En Düşük Sıcaklık :21.02.1985 -15.1 °C * En Yüksek Sıcaklık :27.06.2007 43.0 °C * En Çok Yağış :16.03.1966 96.7 kg/m² * En Hızlı Rüzgar :05.04.2000 115.6 km/sa * En Yüksek Kar :26.01.2006 33 cm

Transport

Using available

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services, it takes 2 hours to reach Istanbul. The only train route available is to

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, but this is mostly used for cargo, rather than passenger

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. Local air service is available through

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. International flights are handled through

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and

References

External links

Gönen Kaplıcaları A.Ş.
Info about thermal properties of

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