Bursa is a
province in western
Turkey, along the
Sea of Marmara. Its adjacent provinces are
Balıkesir to the west,
Kütahya to the south,
Bilecik and
Sakarya to the east,
Kocaeli to the northeast and
Yalova to the north. The province has an area of 11,043 km² and a population of 2,413,971 (2006 est). It was 2,125,140 according to the
2000 census. In
1990 it had a population of 1,603,137. The traffic code is 16. The city of Bursa was the capital of the Ottoman State until the conquest of
Edirne.
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