Afyonkarahisar

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Afyonkarahisar
Coat of arms of Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar (Turkey)
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Afyonkarahisar Castle Hill 01.jpg
Afyonkarahisar Castle Hill
Basic data
Province (il) : Afyonkarahisar
Coordinates : 38 ° 45 '  N , 30 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 45 '26 "  N , 30 ° 32' 19"  E
Height : 1034  m
Residents : 231,981 (2018)
Telephone code : (+90)
Postal code : 03000
License plate : 03
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure : 110 Mahalle
(in the entire district)
Mayor : Mehmet Zeybek ( AKP )
Website:
Afyonkarahisar county
Residents : 299,673 (2018)
Surface: 1,261 km²
Population density : 238 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Mustafa Tutulmaz
Website (Kaymakam):
Template: Infobox location in Turkey / maintenance / district

Afyonkarahisar (also Afyon for short ) is a city in Turkey . With over 200,000 inhabitants, the western Anatolian city ​​is the administrative center of the Afyonkarahisar province and at the same time the seat of a district ( İlçe ).

geography

Location and traffic

Afyon is located about 250 km southwest of Ankara in a plateau of the Akarçay river , which branches into several side valleys there. The highway and railway line from Istanbul to Konya runs in a south-easterly direction . It crosses the east-west route of the European route 96 in Afyon ( İzmir - Salihli - Uşak - Afyon - Emirdağ - Sivrihisar - Ankara) and branches off in other directions, including a. to Burdur / Antalya .
Afyonkarahisar is geographically located in the center of the province and also the district. The city is divided into 59 mahalle (districts), of which Fatih (14,178 inhabitants) is currently the largest.

population

At the 1965 census, the city still had 104,686 inhabitants, twenty years later the number was already 169,441.

Population development

The following table shows the comparative population level at the end of the year for the province, the central district and the city of Afyonkarahisar and the respective share at the higher administrative level. The figures are based on the address-based population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007.

year province district city
real percent real percent real
2018 725,568 41.30 299,673 77.41 231.983
2017 715.693 41.31 295,683 77.72 229.810
2016 714.523 40.69 290,706 77.39 224,968
2015 709.015 39.93 283.120 76.93 217,805
2014 706.371 38.88 274,639 76.25 209.406
2013 707.123 37.97 268,461 75.78 203,443
2012 703.948 37.40 263.297 71.02 186.991
2011 698.626 36.55 255.334 70.24 179,344
2010 697,559 35.61 248,413 69.68 173.100
2009 701.326 35.09 246.100 69.26 170,455
2008 697.365 34.19 238,408 68.46 163.207
2007 701.572 33.47 234,807 68.13 159,967

district

The district (İlçe) is the second largest (2018: 9.0%) and the most populous (2018: 41.3%) in the province. In addition to the capital and district town, it also consists of the following small towns / municipalities ( Belediye ):

Belediye Inhabitants
(December 31, 2018)		 Number of
mahalls
Işıklar 7,604 6th
Erkmen 5,699 3
Susuz 4,686 4th
Salar 4,453 5
Sülümenli 4,389 6th
Çayırbağ 4,367 4th
Gebeceler 3,488 5
Kocatepe
(since 2017)		 3,220 2
Beyyazı 3.216 3
Nuribey 3.132 4th
Değirmayvalı 2,941 2
Sülün 2,909 2
Fethibey 2,877 3
Çıkrık 2,413 2

There are also 22 villages ( Köy , plural: Köyler) with an average population of 559 inhabitants. Four of them have over 1,000 inhabitants: Anıtkaya (1,750, the village was a municipality until 2014 ), Kızıldağ (1,585), Çavdarlı (1,188) and Köprülü (1,036 inhabitants).

Climate table

Afyonkarahisar (1034 m)
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Afyonkarahisar (1034 m)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 4.7 6.1 11.1 16.3 21.4 25.9 29.5 29.7 25.5 19.2 12.2 6.6 O 17.4
Min. Temperature (° C) -3.2 -2.6 0.3 4.7 8.5 12.0 14.7 14.6 10.7 6.5 1.8 -1.1 O 5.6
Temperature (° C) 0.4 1.4 5.5 10.5 15.3 19.6 22.5 22.5 18.1 12.4 6.5 2.5 O 11.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 39.9 38.4 42.5 50.7 40.6 30.9 19.8 15.5 17.1 38.1 38.7 48.6 Σ 420.8
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.5 3.5 5.0 6.0 8.6 9.4 10.5 10.3 8.3 6.1 4.2 2.2 O 6.4
Rainy days ( d ) 12.0 12.4 12.5 12.8 11.5 7.1 4.2 3.8 4.2 7.7 9.3 13.0 Σ 110.5
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Name and story

Afyon is the Turkish word for opium . The name under Seljuk rule was Karahisar-ı Sahib , the "Black Castle of Sahib". This goes back to the Seljuk vizier Sahip Ata , who had the castle repaired. The part of the name Afyon comes from the time after the founding of the republic.

On the castle of Afyon can be Hittite settlement traces demonstrate. The city was called Akroinos or Akroinon in Roman and Byzantine times . Little is known of their ancient history. In 740, the Byzantine Emperor Leo III defended . the city succeeded in the battle of Akroinon against the Arabs. Under Kılıç Arslan I , the city became Seljuk . Afyon was part of the Ottoman Empire since 1382 . Afyonkarahisar was the capital of a sanjak in the Ottoman Empire . It was of military importance due to its proximity to the independent principality of Karaman and is mentioned in connection with various uprisings: the Celali uprisings in 1602, the revolt of Baba Ömer in 1631 and the revolt of Abaza Hasan Pasha in 1658. In 1833 the city became temporarily occupied by Ibrahim Pascha , the son of Muhammad Ali Pascha .

During the National Liberation War , the Turkish army under Mustafa Kemal Paşa managed a decisive blow against the Greek troops ( Büyük Taaruz ) in the battle on the Kocatepe hill near Afyon from August 26 to August 30, 1922 . This made the quick advance to the coast and the final victory possible.

On September 6, 2012, at least 25 soldiers were killed in an accident in a munitions depot in the city.

Economy and Infrastructure

About 3000 companies from various industries are based in Afyonkarahisar. Agriculture and the mining and processing of marble are important pillars of the economy . Furthermore, the city has developed into a service and trade center. In Afyonkarahisar there are two state and two private hospitals as well as a university clinic and a children's clinic. This makes the city one of the national health centers in Turkey. Afyonkarahisar has a university (Kocatepe) for around 28,000 students.

Near the city is the Afyonkarahisar Air Base .

Attractions

Armenian cemetery of Afyonkarahisar 1920
  • Phrygian Valley ( Frig Vadisi ) with rock tombs
  • Afyonkarahisar Castle
  • Gazlıgöl and Sandıklı thermal springs
  • Great Mosque ( Ulu Cami ), wooden pillar mosque from 1272 with 40 wooden pillars, the artfully carved capitals of which were once painted
  • Complex of Gedik Ahmed Pasha ( Imaret Camii )
  • Archaeological Museum
  • Altıgöz Köprüsü

Specialties

The city of Afyon is known for its medicinal springs and medicinal baths; also for marble, Afyon Sucuğu (smoked minced meat sausage), Afyon Lokumu ( Turkish honey ) and Kaymak made from cow and buffalo milk.

Sports

The football team Afjet Afyonspor plays in the Spor Toto 1. Lig. The games are played in Afyon Ataturk Stadyumu.

sons and daughters of the town

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Afyonkarahisar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Central Dissemination System / Merkezi Dağıtım Sistemi (MEDAS) of the TÜIK , accessed on May 9, 2019
  2. ^ JH Mordtmann and Fr. Taeschner in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition. Suffering, sv AFYON KARAHISAR
  3. ↑ 25 soldiers die in an explosion in an ammunition dump. In: Spiegel Online. September 6, 2012, accessed November 30, 2014 .
  4. ^ Lutz Jäkel: Marble trade and opium harvest. In: Spiegel Online. April 30, 2007, accessed November 30, 2014 .