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.