Kemalpaşa

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Kemalpaşa
Kemalpaşa coat of arms
Kemalpaşa (Turkey)
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Kemalpaşa in winter.jpg
Kemalpaşa in winter
Basic data
Province (il) : Izmir
Coordinates : 38 ° 26 '  N , 27 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 25 '40 "  N , 27 ° 24' 58"  E
Height : 195  m
Residents : 99,626 (2014)
Telephone code : (+90)
Postal code : 35 xxx
License plate : 35
Structure and administration (as of 2015)
Mayor : Arif Ugurlu
Website:
Kemalpaşa County
Residents : 99,626 (2014)
Surface: 655 km²
Population density : 152 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Yüksel Topal
Website (Kaymakam):
Template: Infobox location in Turkey / maintenance / district

Kemalpaşa is a district and the associated county seat in the province of Izmir in western Turkey . The district is located in the northeast of the province on the border with Manisa . In 2014 the district had 99,626 inhabitants. After a regional reform, the city is identical in terms of population and area to the district.

description

Kemalpaşa is located on the Nif Çayı River, which flows into the Gediz , the ancient Hermos, a little north of the city , between the mountains Kemalpaşa Dağı (also Nif Dağı ) in the south and Manisa Dağı (also Yamanlar Dağı , Spil Dağı , in ancient times Sipylos ) in the North. The Nif Dağı is one of the mountains that were named Olympos in ancient times. The city is located on the E 96 from Izmir to Afyon .

history

In ancient times the place was at times a residence of the Byzantine emperors under the name Nymphaion . The name later became Nif. The city ​​was renamed Kemalpaşa in honor of Ataturk .

Attractions

In the city itself, you can see the ruins of a palace that Emperor Andronikos I Komnenus had built in the 12th century. On the road to Torbalı , about ten kilometers south, is the Hittite rock relief of Karabel . About eight kilometers northwest of the city is the Ulucak Höyük , a settlement mound that was inhabited from the Neolithic to Byzantine times .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from January 19, 2016 on WebCite ), accessed January 19, 2016
  2. ↑ Alan M. Greaves and Barbara Helwing : Archeology in Turkey: The Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages 1997-1999 in American Journal of Archeology , Vol. 105, Mon. 3 (July 2001) pp. 463-511