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The Districts of Izmir

Izmir ( known as Smyrna in antiquity ) is Turkey ’ s third most populated city and has the biggest harbor in the country after Istanbul . It is located at the coast of Gulf of Izmir in the Aegean Sea and consists of 9 metropolitan districts :

Balçova , Bornova , Buca , Çiğli , Gaziemir , Karşıyaka , Konak and Narlıdere .

According to 2019 , its estimated population of the urban region is 4.367 million .

Izmir is the best city to live a comforable Life .