Biga, Çanakkale

Biga
Municipality
Central square in Biga
Central square in Biga
Biga is located in Turkey
Biga
Biga
Location within Turkey
Biga is located in Marmara
Biga
Biga
Location within Marmara
Coordinates: 40°13′41″N 27°14′32″E / 40.22806°N 27.24222°E / 40.22806; 27.24222
CountryTurkey
ProvinceÇanakkale
DistrictBiga
Government
 • MayorAlper Şen (CHP)
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2021)
57,125
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0286
Websitewww.biga.bel.tr

Biga is a city in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located on the Biga River, 90 kilometres (56 miles) northeast from Çanakkale city centre. It is the seat of Biga District. Its population is 57,125 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of 21 m (69 ft). The center of COMU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is in Biga.

History

Name

Within the area of Biga (at Karabiga) is the site of the ancient city of Pegaea (Greek: Πηγαία), also known as Pegae or Pegai (Πηγαί, "the Springs") until late Byzantine times (in Crusader sources it is also known as Spiga). Archaeologists have not yet established how far back the site has been inhabited. In ancient times, Pegaea, located on the plain of Adrastea on the border between the Troad and Mysia, was sometimes included as part of one and sometimes the other. Since coming under Ottoman rule in 1364 it has been known as Biga. Under the Ottomans, it was the seat of a sanjak.

Ecclesiastical history

In the early 14th century, Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos made Pegae a metropolis, by uniting it with Parium, as they both faced decline amid the Turkoman and Ghazi invasions. In 1354 the metropolis of Pegae-Parium was described as being close to disappearing. The incumbent metropolitan received the see of Sozopolis in hopes that it would support the other two economically. However, the metropolis soon disappeared.

Tourism

Among the tourist sites in the district are the Ilıcabashı spa, Parion (Kemer), Priapos (Karabiga castle)

International relations

Biga is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ↑ İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2023-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Biga, Turkey". Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. ↑ TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi
  5. 1 2 "Başmakçı Kültür (Bashmakchi Culture)"[link removed]
  6. ↑ Vryonis, Speros (1971). The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamisation from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century. Berkeley: California University Press. p. 299
  7. ↑ "Twinnings". Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

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