High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Menemen is a district of Izmir Province in Turkey as well as the district's central town. The district extends on a fertile plain formed by the alluvial soil carried by the Gediz River. Menemen's district area neighbors the following district areas from east to west; Aliaga and Foca to the north and Bornova, Kars?yaka and Cigli to the south, these last two being among Izmir's metropolitan districts. Menemen district also has a 27 km (17 mi) long coastline in the west and neighbors Manisa Province to the east. The town of Menemen is located at a distance of 35 km (22 mi) from Izmir center (Konak Square). Settlement across the district is loosely scattered along the Greater Metropolitan Area of Izmir in the south and consists of isolated villages along prairies in the north, which results in an average urbanization rate of only 42 per cent. The economy still relies on agriculture and stock breeding in large part, although the production and...