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Manisa (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Manisa
Coordinates : 38 ° 37 '  N , 27 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 36 '54 "  N , 27 ° 25' 40"  E
Residents : 1,367,905 (2014)
Telephone code : (+90) 236
Postal code : 45,000
License plate : 45
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Mayor : Cengiz Ergün ( MHP )
Website:
Template: Infobox Location in Turkey / Maintenance / District Without Inhabitants Or Area
Miniature manisas in the 16th century

Manisa ( Ottoman ماغنيسا Mağnisa ) is a city in Turkey with 278,967 inhabitants (2008) and the capital of the eponymous province of Manisa in western Anatolia . The city is a center for the raisin trade . The city is located at the northern foot of the Spil Dağı (ancient Sipylos Mountains ) and on the banks of the Gediz River . The city of Izmir is just under 40 kilometers by road southwest of Manisa.

Since a regional reform in 2014, Manisa has been a Büyükşehir belediyesi (large city municipality) and is therefore identical to the province in terms of area and population. The former central district was divided into two new İlçe, the southeastern one is Şehzadeler , the northwestern Yunusemre .

history

The city goes back to the ancient Lydian magnesia on Sipylos . (For ancient history, see there.) The city, which later belonged to Byzantium , came under the rule of the Saruchanids in 1313 and in 1398 became part of the Ottoman Empire . Until the conquest of Constantinople ( 1453 ) it was, alternately with Bursa, the residence of the sultans .

Manisa was occupied by Greece from 1919 until September 8, 1922, when Greek troops set fire to the city on their retreat to Smyrna and Turkish troops occupied the city during the Turkish War of Liberation .

Investment by Volkswagen AG

At the beginning of July 2020, the VW Group stopped plans to build a new plant in Manisa. The background is the collapse in global automobile demand caused by the Corona crisis . The project for the factory was actually as good as decided, but was finally on hold. It was originally planned that 4,000 jobs should be created in western Turkey. However, Volkswagen was also more cautious after criticism of Turkish politics in northern Syria and of the human rights situation in the country had risen.

Attractions

Entrance to the Muradiye Mosque

Mosques , doorways and madrasas from the time of the Seljuks and Ottomans , including the

  • Ulu Camii (Great Mosque), the oldest Islamic building in the city, was built in 1366 by Ishak Bey from the Sarukhanid dynasty on the site of a Byzantine church. As can be seen on the capitals in the arcade courtyard , material from the Byzantine period was also used.
  • Hatuniye Camii , built in 1490 by Şehinşah, son of Bayezid II , for his mother. The large central dome sits on an octagonal drum .
  • Sultan Camii (1522) in the typical Ottoman style stands in the center of Manisa. It is connected to a medrese, a hammam and a hospital .
  • Muradiye Camii was around 1585 by order of Murad III. built according to the plans of the then very old Sinan . The interior is decorated with colored tiles, ornaments and old carpets. The archaeological-ethnological museum is housed in the adjacent madrasah .
  • Remains of the Byzantine city wall and the Byzantine citadel .
  • The falsely Cybele-relief called Manisa relief
  • Niobe rock
  • Spil Dağı

Climate table

Manisa (71 m)
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.
 
 
109
 
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102
 
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80
 
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55
 
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9
 
 
32
 
27
14th
 
 
13
 
33
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5.3
 
35
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31
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43
 
24
13
 
 
96
 
17th
7th
 
 
132
 
12
5
Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Manisa (71 m)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 10.9 12.2 16.3 21.4 27.4 32.7 35.3 35.3 30.9 24.4 16.9 12.1 O 23
Min. Temperature (° C) 3.1 3.4 5.5 9.4 13.9 18.6 21.6 20.4 16.8 12.5 7.3 4.8 O 11.5
Temperature (° C) 6.8 7.6 10.7 15.4 20.7 25.9 28.5 28.2 23.6 18.2 11.8 8.3 O 17.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 108.7 101.8 79.7 55.4 31.6 12.7 5.3 4.0 15.0 43.2 96.1 132.2 Σ 685.7
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.8 3.7 5.1 6.2 8.0 10.2 10.6 10.2 8.6 6.4 3.7 2.1 O 6.5
Rainy days ( d ) 10.8 10.5 9.0 8.7 6.1 2.6 1.1 0.8 2.4 5.6 9.3 12.7 Σ 79.6
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27.4
13.9
32.7
18.6
35.3
21.6
35.3
20.4
30.9
16.8
24.4
12.5
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7.3
12.1
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43.2
96.1
132.2
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Twin cities

sons and daughters of the town

literature

Web links

Commons : Manisa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from January 24, 2016 on WebCite ), accessed on January 24, 2016
  2. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: VW stops plans for a new plant in Turkey. July 1, 2020 (accessed July 2, 2020)