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Edirne Province is in Eastern Thrace, NW of Turkey. It lies along the Maritsa River (Turkish: Meriç, Greek: Evros) which forms the Greco-Turkish boundary. The province also has a short border with Bulgaria to the north.

[edit] Cities

• Edirne – provincial capital, once Ottoman capital before the dynasty moved to Istanbul.
• Keşan

[edit] Other destinations

• Enez – a town on the Maritsa delta, where Maritsa River empties into the Aegean Sea

[edit] Get in

Here is a list of border crossings into Edirne Province (north to south)

• Hamzabeyli: minor highway crossing (Bulgaria)
• Kapıkule (known as Kapitan Andreevo in the other side of the border): major highway and railway crossing, main European-Turkish border crossing (Bulgaria)
• Pazarkule: minor highway crossing (Greece)
• Uzunköprü: major railway crossing (Greece)
• İpsala: major highway crossing (Greece)

[edit] Contact

(+90) 284 is the telephone code of the province.