Havran is a municipality and
district
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of
Balıkesir Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 565 km
2, and its population is 28,058 (2022).
The town lies at an elevation of .
The district has traditionally produced
cheese
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and a
fruit
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Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...
drink called
şerbet.
Until the 1920 the population was mix of
Turks
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Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic lang ...
,
Greeks
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, and
Tatar
Tatar may refer to:
Peoples
* Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar"
* Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia
* Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...
(refugees) with small numbers of
Jews
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and
Armenians
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.
Composition
There are 34
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 Havran District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
* Büyükdere
* Büyükşapçı
* Çakırdere
* Çakmak
* Çamdibi
* Camikebir
* Çiğitzade
* Dereören
* Ebubekir
* Eğmir
* Eseler
* Fazlıca
* Halılar
* Hallaçlar
* Hamambaşı
* Hüseyinbeşeler
* İnönü
* Kalabak
* Karalar
* Karaoğlanlar
* Kobaklar
* Kocadağ
* Kocaseyit
* Köylüce
* Küçükdere
* Küçükşapçı
* Mescit
* Sarnıçköy
* Tarlabaşı
* Taşarası
* Tekke
* Temaşalık
* Tepeoba
* Yeni
References
External links
District governor's official website
*
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
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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