Area: 2.140 km²
Population: 205.834 (1990)
Traffic Code: 74
Districts: Bartın (center), Amasra, Kurucaşile, Ulus.
Air Transportation: The nearest airport to Bartın is located at 38 kilometer distance, in Saltukova (Zonguldak).
Geography
Temperate naval climate (Black Sea) is dominant in Bartın. Summer seasons are hot while winter seasons are chilly.
History
Until BC 1200 year, Gasgas tribe inhabited in the environ of Bartın. In the following years, the region had entered under the dominance of Hittites, Frigs, Kringens, Kokons , Enets, Kimmers, Lydians, Persians and Macedonians.
The historic progress of Bartın continues with the dominance of Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire and later with the dominance of Turkish states of Seljuks and Candaroğulları between 11th - 13th centuries. Bartın was conquered by Yıldırım Bayazıt in 1392 and had become a state of Ottoman lands.
Sites
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Bartın
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 8
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: 9
Historical Sites: -
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 4
Total: 22
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural
Heritages: 374
TOTAL: 396
