Soma is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 820 km2, and its population is 111,789 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .
History From 1867 until 1922, Soma was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Composition There are 71 neighbourhoods in Soma District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Adil Akçaavlu Atatürk Avdan Bayat Beyce Boncuklu Bozarmut Büyük Güney Büyük Işıklar Çatalçam Çavdır Cenkyeri Çerkez Hamidiye Çevircek Cuma Cumhuriyet Darkale Deniş Dereköy Devlethan Dualar Duğla Evciler Eynez Göktaş Hacıyusuf Hamidiye Hatun Heciz Hürriyet İnönü İstasyon Kaplan Karacahisar Karacakaş Karaçam Karamanlı Kayrakaltı Kiraz Kızılören Kobaklar Koyundere Kozanlı Kozluören Küçük Güney Kum Kurtuluş Menteşe Naldöken Namazgah Nihat Danışman Onüçeylül Pirahmet Samsacı Sarıkaya Sevişler Söğütçük Sultaniye Tabanlar Tekeli Işıklar Turgutalp Türkali Türkpiyale Ularca Uruzlar Vakıflı Yağcılı Yayladalı Yırca Zafer
Economy Lignite mining and a lignite-fired thermal power plant are the main economic activities in Soma. During World War I the mines were opened up for production. The lignite extracted during that time was described as being of "very bad" quality. That lignite was burned with German coal for trains in the region. A small portion was exported to İzmir. A just transition from coal could be supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Soma Wind Farm, with 119 wind turbines and an installed total capacity of 140.4 MW, is one of Turkey's largest wind farms.
Olive, walnut and almond cultivation is among the important agricultural activities of Soma.
2014 Soma coal mine disaster
On 13 May 2014, as a result of an explosion caused by a mine fire at the Soma coal mine, 301 workers were killed.
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External links
Road map of Soma and environs