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District and municipality in Manisa, Turkey
Soma
is a municipality and
district
of
Manisa Province
,
Turkey
.
[2]
Its area is 820 km
2
,
[3]
and its population is 111,789 (2022).
[1]
The town lies at an elevation of 161 m (528 ft).
History
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From 1867 until 1922, Soma was part of the
Aidin Vilayet
of the
Ottoman Empire
.
Composition
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There are 71
neighbourhoods
in Soma District:
[4]
- Adil
- Akcaavlu
- Ataturk
- Avdan
- Bayat
- Beyce
- Boncuklu
- Bozarmut
- Buyuk Guney
- Buyuk I?ıklar
- Catalcam
- Cavdır
- Cenkyeri
- Cerkez Hamidiye
- Cevircek
- Cuma
- Cumhuriyet
- Darkale
- Deni?
- Derekoy
- Devlethan
- Dualar
- Du?la
- Evciler
- Eynez
- Gokta?
- Hacıyusuf
- Hamidiye
- Hatun
- Heciz
- Hurriyet
- ?nonu
- ?stasyon
- Kaplan
- Karacahisar
- Karacaka?
- Karacam
- Karamanlı
- Kayrakaltı
- Kiraz
- Kızıloren
- Kobaklar
- Koyundere
- Kozanlı
- Kozluoren
- Kucuk Guney
- Kum
- Kurtulu?
- Mente?e
- Naldoken
- Namazgah
- Nihat Danı?man
- Onuceylul
- Pirahmet
- Samsacı
- Sarıkaya
- Sevi?ler
- So?utcuk
- Sultaniye
- Tabanlar
- Tekeli I?ıklar
- Turgutalp
- Turkali
- Turkpiyale
- Ularca
- Uruzlar
- Vakıflı
- Ya?cılı
- Yayladalı
- Yırca
- Zafer
Economy
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Lignite
mining and a lignite-fired thermal power plant are the main economic activities in Soma.
[5]
During
World War I
the mines were opened up for production. The lignite extracted during that time was described as being of "very bad" quality. That lignite was burned with German
coal
for trains in the region. A small portion was exported to
?zmir
.
[6]
A
just transition
from coal could be supported by the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
.
[7]
The
Soma Wind Farm
, with 119
wind turbines
and an installed total capacity of 140.4
MW
, is one of
Turkey's largest wind farms
.
[8]
Olive, walnut and almond cultivation is among the important agricultural activities of Soma.
[9]
2014 Soma coal mine disaster
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On 13 May 2014, as a result of an explosion caused by a mine fire at the
Soma coal mine
, 301 workers were killed.
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