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Paşalimanı Island (Turkish:Paşalimanı Adası), formerlyHalone (Greek:Ἁλώνη),[1][2] is anisland in the southernSea of Marmara inTurkey. The island is the fifth largest island of Turkey (26.2 km2 (10.1 sq mi))[3] and administratively belongs to theErdek town ofBalikesir Province in northwestern Turkey. The island has five small villages and has 962 population in total. Paşalimanı Island is also part of theMarmara Archipelago along with three other islandsMarmara,Avşa andEkinlik.
Paşalimani Island was first inhabited during theChalcolithic age same as the neighbouring islands of Avşa and Marmara. According toHittite sources the area was under the rule ofTroy (Wilusa) during 1300s BC. In 844 BCIonian colonizers fromMiletus occupied the area and they were the first Greek-speaking inhabitants. In 493 BC the island was ravaged by Phoenicians since the islanders were against the Persian invasions. Consequently new Ionian settlers brought and settled from Miletus andSamos island. Halonia island was under Byzantine rule until theOttoman Empire captured the archipelago in 15th century. During the Ottoman period, until 1923Greeks andTurks lived together in peace. In 1923Turkey andGreece agreed toexchange the population and Greek-speaking people of the island left. Today the local people of the island are originally from Greece,Bosnia andBlack Sea Region of Turkey.
Paşalimanı Island has predominantlyMediterranean climate, at the same time some effects of the Black Sea climate are observed. It gets more rainfall in the summer months comparing to the Mediterranean climate. During the winter the island may also gets some snow from time to time due to the cold weather from the north.
Paşalimanı Island has five villages and does not have any administrative central town. Contrary to the other surrounding islands, Paşalimanı island belongs toErdek District, not to Marmara, the central town of the archipelago.
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