Bozcaada

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Bozcaada

Total population

3,023

Coordinates39.83°, 26.07°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tenedos, or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively, the island constitutes the Bozcaada district of Çanakkale Province. With an area of 39.9 km2 (15 sq mi), it is the third-largest Turkish island after Imbros (Gökçeada) and Marmara. In 2022, the district had a population of 3,120 inhabitants. The main industries are tourism, wine production and fishing. The island has been famous for its grapes, wines and red poppies for centuries. It is a former bishopric and presently a Latin Catholic titular see.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.