Eskişehir Province () is a

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and

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in northwestern

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. Its area is 13,960 km², and its population is 906,617 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are

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to the west,

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to the southwest,

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to the south,

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to the east, and

Bolu Bolu is a city in northern Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province and of Bolu District,Eskişehir Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is l ...

. Most of the province is laid down in Central Anatolia Region. Northern parts of Mihalıççık district and ones of Mihalgazi and Sarıcakaya are located in the Black Sea Region and one of them belong to the

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. Eskişehir is an old and culturally developed province of Turkey. Eskişehir has 3 universities, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir Technical University and

Anadolu University Anadolu University () is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Associ ...

, which is the largest university in Turkey and which has some branch offices in Europe.

Geography

Eskişehir has a cold semi-arid steppe climate (''BSk'') according to

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. It features warm to hot dry summers and cold to freezing winters.

Districts

Sivrihisar Holy Trinity Church back side in 2012 1046

Eskişehir Province is divided into 14 districts: * Alpu * Beylikova *

Çifteler Çifteler is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 858 km2, and its population is 14,906 (2022). Its elevation is . It borders with Sivrihisar, Seyitgazi, Han, Eskişehir, Han and Mahmudiy ...

* Günyüzü * Han * İnönü *

Mahmudiye Mahmudiye is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, 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 ...

* Mihalgazi * Mihalıççık *

Odunpazarı Odunpazarı (literally "firewood market" in Turkish language, Turkish) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,120 km², and its population is 422,423 (2022), 47% of the provincial popu ...

* Sarıcakaya *

Seyitgazi Seyitgazi is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,578 km2, and its population is 12,587 (2022). The central town of Seyitgazi lies at a distance of towards the south from the province capital of Eskişehir ...

Sivrihisar Sivrihisar is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,748 km2, and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is . Location The town of Sivrihisar lies north of the historical site of Pessinus, at the f ...

* Tepebaşı

Demographics

Eskişehir's population has a high literacy level of 99%. Many universities and military installations are located in and around the city. Turkish technical students are concentrated in the Eskişehir universities. Infrastructural problems have been partially solved in 2004 with the construction of a tram system. Eskisehir, and neighboring cities were the major settlement area for the descendants of the founders of the Ottoman Empire, about 1000 years ago. Many villages in the province carry the names of the Turkish tribes/clans from those times. Some people in the city of Eskişehir trace their family origin back to

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and the

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. There are also descendants of Turkish immigrants from the

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fleeing war and persecution.

Meerschaum

Eskişehir is internationally known as the source of Meerschaum, a white foamy stone which is used for making

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s with detailed carvings. The stone is called ''lületaşı'' in Turkish.

Archaeological discoveries

In August 2019, researchers head by Prof. Murat Türkteki announced the discovery of two skeletons dating back about 5,000 years in the same

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in Early

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settlement Küllüoba. Excavators assumed that one of the skeletons was a 13-year-old girl and other was a man in his late 30s. In August 2020, archaeologists head by Prof. Murat Türktaki revealed a 5,000-year-old paint palette made of stone in the

district at the Küllüoba site. According to Türktaki, this palette was used for painting dishes. In March 2021, discovery of the

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which is 1.5 meters tall and 33 centimeters wide in the Seyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site was announced by the municipal workers while construction work.

References

External links

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Eskişehir governor's official website
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Eskişehir municipality's official website
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