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AÄŸva is a neighbourhood and resort town in the municipality and district of
Åžile Åžile is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 800 km2, and its population is 43,464 (2022). Bordering Åžile is the province of Kocaeli Province, Kocaeli (districts of G ...
, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,150 (2022).


History

The area around AÄŸva was a part of ancient
Bithynia Bithynia (; ) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast a ...
. During the Ottoman era, Turkmen people were settled around AÄŸva. Up to 20th century, a sizable
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population also dwelled in AÄŸva. However, according to
population exchange between Greece and Turkey The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey. It involv ...
agreement in the 1920s, they were replaced by Turks from
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. It was an independent municipality until it was merged into the municipality of Åžile in 2008.


Geography

AÄŸva is a coastal place at
Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...
, situated between two rivers, Göksu in the west and Yeşilçay in the east. In fact, the name Ağva means "between the rivers". Yeşilçay is known as one of the main sources of
Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
urban water system, the Yeşilçay Drinking Water Plant. Its distance to Istanbul centrum is and to Şile .


Living

With a picturesque scenery, Ağva is one of the popular resorts of Istanbul. In addition to the beach there are many boarding houses and restaurants. Göksu River is well known for boat excursions and the settlement became shooting place in a number of television serials. Population of Ağva rises during the summers. The resort hosts around 15,000 people in the summer time. Up to 2009, Ağva was the seat of a township being a municipality since 1992. After the local elections in 2009, it lost its town status due to decreased population below limit. It was declared a neighborhood of Şile district.Şile mayor's page
/ref> As of 2022, its population is 2,150.


Economy

Thanks to woodlands around the settlement, AÄŸva was known as Istanbul's main source for charcoal up to the 1950s. Today, tourism plays an important role in addition to weaving of Åžile cloth at hand looms and cultivation of vegetables and fruit.


See also

* Yeşilçay Drinking Water Plant


References

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