Biga, Çanakkale

Biga is a city in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey.

It is located on the Biga River, 90 kilometres (56 miles) northeast from Çanakkale city centre.

[3] The center of COMU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is in Biga.

Within the area of Biga (at Karabiga) is the site of the ancient city of Pegaea (Greek: Πηγαία), also known as Pegae or Pegai (Πηγαί, "the Springs") until late Byzantine times (in Crusader sources it is also known as Spiga[4]).

[5] In ancient times, Pegaea, located on the plain of Adrastea on the border between the Troad and Mysia, was sometimes included as part of one and sometimes the other.