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'''Bursa Province''' ({{lang-langx|tr|{{italics correction|Bursa ili}}}}) is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] and [[Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey|metropolitan municipality]] in [[Turkey]] along the [[Sea of Marmara]] coast in northwestern [[Anatolia]]. It borders [[Balıkesir Province|Balıkesir]] to the west, [[Kütahya Province|Kütahya]] to the south, [[Bilecik Province|Bilecik]] and [[Sakarya Province|Sakarya]] to the east, [[Kocaeli Province|Kocaeli]] to the northeast and [[Yalova Province|Yalova]] to the north. Its area is 10,813 km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> and its population is 3,194,720 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> Its [[Turkish car number plates#Location codes|traffic code]] is 16.
TheAlmost vast majorityall of the Bursa Province districts (andincluding the city of [[Bursa]]) are locatedis withinin the [[Marmara Region]], but the districts of [[Büyükorhan]], [[Harmancık]], [[Keles]] and [[Orhaneli]] are located withinin the [[Aegean Region]].
The city of [[Bursa]] was the capital of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman State]] between 1326 and 1365, until the Ottoman conquest of [[Edirne]], then known as Adrianople,. whichAdrianople becamewas the new Ottoman capital between 1365 anduntil [[Fall of Constantinople|1453]], when [[Constantinople]] became the final Ottoman capital.
