Izmir Province is a province of Turkey in western Anatolia on the Aegean coast, whose capital is the city of Izmir. On the west it is surrounded by the Aegean sea, and it encloses the Gulf of Izmir. Its area is .², population 3.948.848 (2010 tüik census). The population was 3,370,866 in 2000. Neighbouring provinces are Balikesir on the north, Manisa on the east, and Aydin on the south. The traffic code of the province is 35.