Orhangazi is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 506 km2, and its population is 81,110 (2022).
Olive production is a major part of the economy. The archeological digs of Ilıpınar Höyüğü are in the region of Orhangazi, and can be visited.
Orhangazi is located near the lake Iznik and near the Sea of Marmara. Orhangazi has a number of villages around it, connected with local buses. One of the villages, Keramet, has a natural hot springs. Main roads leading to the villages have olive fields on both sides.
History
Orhangazi is named after Orhan I, the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who conquered the area of present Orhangazi in 1326. From 1867 until 1922, Orhangazi was part of Hüdavendigâr vilayet. The town was captured by the Greek Army in 1919 and its population was massacred.
Composition
There are 31 neighbourhoods in Orhangazi District:
Akharım
Arapzade
Bayırköy
Çakırlı
Camikebir
Çeltikçi
Cihanköy
Dutluca
Fatih
Fındıklı
Gedelek
Gemiç
Gölyaka
Gürle
Hamzalı
Heceler
Hürriyet
Karsak
Keramet
Mahmudiye
Muradiye
Narlıca
Örnekköy
Ortaköy
Paşapınar
Sölöz
Tekke
Üreğil
Yenigürle
Yeniköy
Yenisölöz
Sport
The route of the 130k İznik Ultramarathon, established in 2012, passes through villages in Orhangazi district around Lake İznik. An 80k part of it, the Orhangazi Ultra, ends in Örnekköy in Orhangazi district on the route's westernmost point.