Bodrum
Ceety [1]
Bodrum Castle (Castle o St. Peter)
Bodrum Location o Bodrum
Coordinates: 37°02′N 27°26′E  /  37.033°N 27.433°E  / 37.033; 27.433
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Aegean Region
Province	Mu?la Province
Govrenment
?  Mayor	Mehmet Kocadon ( DP )
Population   (2009)
? Total	118,237
Time zone	UTC+2 ( EET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+3 ( EEST )
Postal code	48400
Area code(s)	(0090)+ 252
Licence plate	48
Website	www.bodrum.bel.tr

Bodrum ( Turkis pronunciation:  [?bod?um] ) is a port ceety in Mu?la Province , in the soothwastren Aegean Region o Turkey . It is locatit on the soothren coast o Bodrum Peninsulae, at a point that checks the entry intae the Gulf o Gokova . The ceety wis cried Halicarnassus o Caria in auncient times an wis famous for hoosin the Mausoleum o Mausolus , ane o the Seiven Wanders o the Auncient Warld . Bodrum Castle , built bi the Crusaders in the 15t century, owerleuks the harbour an the marina. The castle grunds include a Museum o Unnerwatter Aircheology an hosts several cultural festivals throughoot the year.

Twin touns ? Sister ceeties [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Bodrum is twinned wi:

• Aalborg , Denmark
• Pleven , Bulgarie
• Haskovo , Bulgarie
• Guidan Roumji , Niger
• Trindade , Sao Tome an Principe

Bibliografie [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Bodream , Jean-Pierre Thiollet , Anagramme Ed., 2010. ISBN 978 2 35035 279 4

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