## page was renamed from RegionEnTemplate #language en = 2012/Turkey/Çanakkale = '''Çanakkale''' (pronounced [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Turkish,_Azerbaijani_and_Turkmen|[tʃaˈnakkaˌle]]]) is a town and seaport in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey|Turkey]], in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Çanakkale_Province|Çanakkale Province]], on the southern (Asian) coast of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles|Dardanelles]] (or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellespont|Hellespont]]) at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 106,116 (2010 estimate). Çanakkale Province, like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Province|Istanbul Province]], has territory in both [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe|Europe]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia|Asia]]. Ferries cross here to the northern (European) side of the strait. The city is the nearest major town to the site of ancient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy|Troy]]. The "wooden horse" from the 2004 movie ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(movie)|Troy]]'' is exhibited on the seafront. Çanakkale is the second city to be situated on two continents after Istanbul. However Çanakkale is closer to mid-division than Istanbul. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canakkale#cite_note-2]] == Teams == Please add links to your team(s) name here: * Team1 * Team2 (The idea of adding another team page is that there may be more than one team in a region/city) == Create a new Team page: == <> In all cases you need to keep the {{{CategoryCity2012}}} to allow your city to be listed! ---- CategoryCity2012