Yenifoça

Infobox Settlement

settlement_type = Town
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = TUR
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
map_caption =Location of PAGENAME within Turkey.
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3

official_name = Yenifoça

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image_caption = Yenifoça general view
image_blank_emblem =
blank_emblem_type =


subdivision_type1=Region
subdivision_name1 = Aegean
subdivision_type2=Province
subdivision_name2 = İzmir

subdivision_type3=District
subdivision_name3 = Foça
population_total = 3742
population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_density_km2 =
area_total_km2 =
elevation_m =
latd = 38
latm = 44
latNS = N
longd = 26
longm = 50
longEW = E
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 35x xx
area_code = 0232
blank_info = 35|blank_name=Licence plate
leader_name =
website = [http://www.yenifoca.bel.tr/ Municipality Web site]
province website=

Yenifoça is a town in Foça district, in Turkey's İzmir Province.

The town of Yenifoça is situated at about convert|80|km|mi|0|abbr=on north by northwest of İzmir city center and a distance of convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on from Foça proper. For this reason, Foça itself is locally often called as Eskifoça ("the old Foça") in daily parlance.

Yenifoça, taken over by the Genoese in 1275 and initially as a dowry, was the more active of the two Foças during the Middle Ages, due principally to the region's rich alum reserves, the Genoese lease over them having been preserved well into the Ottoman era.

Many parts of the district are under strict environmental protection, due to the value of the flora and the fauna, especially between Foça and Yenifoça. Therefore, a judicious way to get to know the district would be by boat tours regularly organized in partance of the center town. Because of the protective measures, new constructions are not permitted in many parts of the district and Foça is set to preserve its unique characteristic as composed principally of old houses.

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ee also

* Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey