Havran is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

of Balıkesir Province in the Aegean 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 2010 census, the population of the county is 28,050 of which 10,766 live in the town of Havran. The

covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of . The county has traditionally produced cheese and a

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drink called Şerbet. Until the 1920 the population was mix of

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, and

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

(refugees) with small numbers of

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and

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.Adramytti
at Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού.

Notes

References

External links

District governor's official website
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Road map of Havran and environs

Another road map of Havran and environs

Various images of Havran
Populated places in Balıkesir Province Districts of Balıkesir Province {{Balıkesir-geo-stub