Ergene is a municipality and

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Tekirdağ Province Tekirdağ Province (, ) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 6,190 km2, and its population is 1,142,451 (2022). It is located in the East Thrace region of the country, also known as European Turkey, one of only t ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 418 km², and its population is 67,038 (2022). The district and municipality Ergene was created at the

2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities () are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asi ...

from part of the district of

Çorlu Çorlu () is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 531 km2, and its population is 300,296 (2024). It is a rapidly growing industrial center built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and ...

, including the former municipalities Marmaracık,

Ulaş Ulaş ( Kurdish: ''Tecer'') is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It ...

, Misinli and

Velimeşe Velimeşe is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Ergene, Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its population is 11,420 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde'') in the district of Çorlu. Geography Velimeşe is ...

. The name ''Ergene'' refers to the river

Ergene Ergene (; ; ''Eryinis'', , ''Agriánēs'') is a major left tributary of the Maritsa (Meriç) river, flowing entirely in the East Thrace region of Turkey. The river rises from the southern part of Strandzha mountain, not far from the Black Sea and ...

, a tributary of the

Maritsa Maritsa or Maritza ( ), also known as Evros ( ) and Meriç ( ), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of ,

(''Meriç'').

Composition

There are 17

neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in Ergene District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Ahimehmet * Bakırca * Cumhuriyet * Esenler * İğneler * Karamehmet * Kırkgöz * Marmaracık * Misinli * Paşaköy * Pınarbaşı * Sağlık *

* Vakıflar *

* Yeşiltepe * Yulaflı

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ergene, Tekirdag Populated places in Tekirdağ Province Districts of Tekirdağ Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey