Eskià Âehir Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey. Its area is 13,960 km<sup>2</sup>, and its population is 906,617 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kütahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincial capital is Eskià Âehir. Most of the province is laid down in Central Anatolia Region. Northern parts of Mihalñççñk district and ones of Mihalgazi and Sarñcakaya are located in the Black Sea Region and one of them belong to the Aegean Region.
Eskià Âehir is an old and culturally developed province of Turkey. Eskià Âehir has 3 universities, Eskià Âehir Osmangazi University, Eskià Âehir Technical University and Anadolu University, which is the largest university in Turkey and which has some branch offices in Europe.
Eskià Âehir has a cold semi-arid steppe climate (BSk) according to Köppen climate classification. It features warm to hot dry summers and cold to freezing winters.
Eskià Âehir Province is divided into 14 districts:
Eskià Âehir's population has a high literacy level of 99%. Many universities and military installations are located in and around the city. Turkish technical students are concentrated in the Eskià Âehir universities. Infrastructural problems have been partially solved in 2004 with the construction of a tram system.
Eskisehir, and neighboring cities were the major settlement area for the descendants of the founders of the Ottoman Empire, about 1000 years ago. Many villages in the province carry the names of the Turkish tribes/clans from those times. Some people in the city of Eskià Âehir trace their family origin back to Crimea and the Caucasus. There are also descendants of Turkish immigrants from the Balkans fleeing war and persecution.
Eskià Âehir is internationally known as the source of Meerschaum, a white foamy stone which is used for making smoking pipes with detailed carvings. The stone is called lületaà Âñ in Turkish.
In August 2019, researchers head by Prof. Murat Türkteki announced the discovery of two skeletons dating back about 5,000 years in the same sarcophagus in Early Bronze Age settlement Küllüoba. Excavators assumed that one of the skeletons was a 13-year-old girl and other was a man in his late 30s.
In August 2020, archaeologists head by Prof. Murat Türktaki revealed a 5,000-year-old paint palette made of stone in the Seyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site. According to Türktaki, this palette was used for painting dishes.
In March 2021, the discovery of the marble sarcophagus which is tall and wide in the Seyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site was announced by the municipal workers while construction work. ÃÂ