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Erzurum

The Province of Erzurum is, in the Eastern Anatolia Region, to the east of the country. The surface area of the province of Erzurum is the fourth largest in Turkey. The city has a population of 361 235 inhabitants. Erzurum’s economy is heavily based on stockbreeding. Industries largely consist of manufacturing of forestry, agriculture, husbandry, chemistry, textile and mining products. There are 81 active industrial plants in the province, most of them located at the central district of Erzurum, and are small and medium enterprises. The largest economy, in recent years, has been the university. Atatürk University is one of the largest universities in Turkey, having more than forty-thousand students. Tourism, also, provides a large proportion of the province's income. Tourist activities include skiing, rafting and mountaineering. Skiing activities are centered on Palandöken Mountain. City of Erzurum is composed of one center district. This center consists of 4 lower level municipalities and every municipality has their own mayor which has a directly elected for 5 years. Erzurum’s Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) covers an area of 1 191 km2 with a population of 389 619.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2004	405,733						342	2004	431,161	1:1.06
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2004	3%						152	2001	3%
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment
Average price per m2 for a house
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	60%						305	2001	62%	1:1.03
Percentage of households living in social housing
Average living area in m2 per person
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2004	4.43						223
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2004	27%						159	2001	19%
Unemployment rate - female	2001	50%						307	2001	24%	1:0.48
Employment rate
Activity rate	2004	35%						182	2004	40%	1:1.15
GDP per head (€)	2001	€1,176						296
Median disposable annual household income(€)
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2004	60%						193
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	89						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum	2004	0.40						237
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2004	100%						213
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)
Population density (residents per km2)
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car
Average time of journey to work (mins.)

SUB CITY LEVEL

14 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 25112		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS		YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4		2001	3%	10%	13%	1:3.72
Percentage of households that are 1-person households		2001	1%	3%	5%	1:6.81
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate		2001	10%	24%	33%	1:3.41
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25		2001	42%	48%	68%	1:1.63
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with secondary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Population density (residents per km2)