Bergama

Bergama is a populous district, as well as the center city of the same district, in Izmir Province in western Turkey. By excluding Izmir's metropolitan area, it is one of the prominent districts of the province in terms of population and is largely urbanized at the rate of 53,6 per cent. Tire center is situated at a distance of to the north from the point of departure of the traditional center of Izmir (Konak Square in Konak, Izmir) and lies at a distance of inland from the nearest seacoast at the town of Dikili to its west. Bergama district area neighbors the areas of three districts of Balikesir Province to its north, namely Ayvalik, Burhaniye and Ivrindi, Izmir Province district of Kinik and Manisa Province district of Soma, Manisa to its east, while to the south it is bordered by the central provincial of Manisa and two other Izmir Province districts along the coast that are Aliaga and Dikili from its south towards its west. The district area's physical features are determined by the alluvial plain of Bakirçay River.