Marmara

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Marmara

Coordinates40.59°, 27.56°

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

Overview

Marmara is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 134 km2, and its population is 10,601 (2022). It comprises Marmara, Avşa and Ekinlik islands along with the neighbouring smaller islands. The mayor is Süleyman Aksoy (AKP). The seat of the municipality is in the neighbourhood Cumhuriyet on Marmara Island. The seat of the district governor (kaymakam) is in the neighbourhood Yenimahalle, also on Marmara Island.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Balıkesir

• Panichishte
  249.3 mi away
• Padala
  250.6 mi away
• Sapareva Banya
  251.5 mi away
• Barakovo
  254.6 mi away
• Samoranovo
  255.2 mi away
• Kocherinovo
  255.3 mi away · pop. 2,400
• Mursalevo
  256.9 mi away
• Yahinovo
  257.3 mi away
• Blatino
  259.5 mi away
• Balanovo
  259.8 mi away
• Kamenik
  260.8 mi away
• Dobrovo
  261.3 mi away

Browse all places in Balıkesir →

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 Marmara

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Seen 2026-09-16

Cardinal Butterfly

Argynnis pandora

Seen 2026-08-23

Grand Antlion

Palpares libelluloides

Seen 2026-08-15

Stone pine

Pinus pinea

Seen 2026-07-31

Mediterranean lineseed

Bellardia trixago

Seen 2026-06-11

common golden thistle

Scolymus hispanicus

Seen 2026-06-11

Jerusalem Thorn

Paliurus spina-christi

Seen 2026-06-07

common poppy

Papaver rhoeas

Seen 2026-06-07

milk thistle

Silybum marianum

Seen 2026-06-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).