Buca

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Buca

Total population

517,963

Coordinates38.38°, 27.17°

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

Overview

Buca is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 178 km2, and its population is 523,193 (2024). It is the biggest district of İzmir Province as terms of population. It covers the southeastern part of the agglomeration of İzmir and the adjacent countryside.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

E

Ergün Çağatay

Turkish photographer (born 1937)

Evrim Demirel

Turkish musician (born 1977)

G

Geoffrey Willans

English journalist and writer (1911 – 1958)

Giorgos Sikeliotis

Greek artist (1917-1984)

G

Gökçen Efe

Hero during the Turkish War of Independence

G

Güneş Gürle

Turkish singer (born 1975)

Hasan Bülent Paksoy

Novelist

H

Hasan Mutlucan

Turkish singer (1926–2011)

Hi Jolly

camel driver for the US Camel Corps (1828–1902)

H

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin

Turkish artist and writerr (1957–2007)

İbrahim Sirkeci

Turkish-British academic (born 1972)

K

Kerem Kupacı

Turkish actor (born 1971)

R

Refik Evliyazade

Turkish statesperson (1872–1950)

İ

İbrahim Deriner

Turkish statesperson (1909–1986)

K

Kaya Kılıçturgay

Turkish statesperson (1929–2020)

M

Muhittin Sadak

Turkish composer and choir director (1900–1982)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in İzmir

• Karabağlar
  1.8 mi away · pop. 500,000
• İzmir
  3.3 mi away · pop. 4,493,242
• Konak
  3.3 mi away · pop. 385,000
• Gaziemir
  4.9 mi away · pop. 135,000
• Bayraklı
  5.6 mi away · pop. 330,000
• Karşıyaka
  5.6 mi away · pop. 345,000
• Balçova
  6.1 mi away · pop. 80,000
• Bornova
  6.3 mi away · pop. 452,867
• Menderes
  9 mi away · pop. 104,147
• Narlıdere
  9.1 mi away · pop. 65,000
• Çiğli
  9.6 mi away · pop. 185,000
• Kemalpaşa
  13.8 mi away · pop. 112,049

Browse all places in İzmir →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Buca

Kıbrıs ve son gelişmeler paneli : 3. uluslararası Kıbrıs paneli

(Yay haz) Ulvi Keser · 2011

Ne demek İzmir; Buca, niye Buca!?

Önder Şenyapılı · 2005

İzmır - Buca All Saints British Protestant Church Atriumunda yer alan mezar taşları ve lahitler

Taner Gürman · 2013

Bir eski zaman güzeli Buca

Ferda İzbudak Akıncı · 2011

Ihlamur ve fesleğen kokulu Buca

Oktay Gökdemir · 2011

Buca'da konut mimarı̂si (1838-1934)

Feyyaz Erpi · 1987

Bir kara tren efsanesi

Tayfur Göçmenoğlu · 2019

[Studies on Turkish architecture]

Ayla Ödekan

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