Tire, İzmir
District and municipality in İzmir, Turkey
Tire is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 716 km2, and its population is 87,462 (2022). It is largely urbanized at the rate of 55.8%. Tire's center is situated 80 km (50 mi) to the southeast of the traditional center of İzmir and 46 km (29 mi) inland from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of Kuşadası to its west. Tire district area neighbors the district areas of Selçuk (west) Torbalı (north-west), Bayındır (north) and Ödemiş (east), all part of İzmir Province, while to the south it is bordered by Aydın Province. The district area's physical features are determined by the alluvial plain of Küçük Menderes River in its northern part and in its south by the mountains delimiting the parallel alluvial valley of Büyük Menderes River flowing between Aydın and the Aegean Sea. There is a Jewish community.
“Tire, İzmir” enters the record as district and municipality in İzmir, Turkey. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tire, İzmir and District can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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