Alaşehir
| Alaşehir | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Manisa | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 21 ' N , 28 ° 31' E | |||
| Height : | 189 m | |||
| Residents : | 46,544 (2008) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 236 | |||
| Postal code : | 45 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 45 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Mayor : | Ahmet Öküzcüoglu ( CHP ) | |||
| Website: | ||||
| Alaşehir County | ||||
| Residents : | 98,543 (2008) | |||
| Surface: | 1,015 km² | |||
| Population density : | 97 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Musa Uslam | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Alaşehir , the old Philadelphia , is the capital of the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Manisa . Alaşehir is located near the Izmir - Ankara road .
Alaşehir is located 118 km east of Izmir at the northern foot of the Tmolos and the Kusu Çay , a tributary of the Great Meander . The city, which is still partially enclosed by the old wall, has 46,544 inhabitants.
The city did not fall into the power of the Turks until 1390 , as the last Byzantine city in Asia Minor (outside the Empire of Trebizond ), after eight years of fighting against their superiority.
Alaşehir is a station on the Izmir – Afyonkarahisar railway line .
The district is drained by the Alaşehir Çayı River. The Afşar dam is located on the southern edge of the river plain.
sons and daughters of the town
- Hasan Ali Adıgüzel (* 2000), football player
- Kenan Evren (1917–2015), general and politician
- Hasan Hatipoğlu (* 1989), soccer goalkeeper
- Onur Kıvrak (* 1988), football goalkeeper
- Yunus Yıldırım (* 1970), football referee
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 23, 2009
