Yalvaç (Isparta)
| Yalvaç | ||||
|
||||
|
||||
| Basic data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province (il) : | Isparta | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Yalvaç | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 18 ' N , 31 ° 11' E | |||
| Height : | 1150 m | |||
| Residents : | 21,363 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 246 | |||
| Postal code : | 32400 | |||
| License plate : | 32 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 27 Mahalle | |||
| Mayor : | Halil Hilmi Tütüncü ( MHP ) | |||
| Website: | ||||
| Yalvaç County | ||||
| Residents : | 46,646 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 1,402 km² | |||
| Population density : | 33 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Aytekin Yilmaz | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Yalvaç is a town and capital of the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Isparta . The place is 80 km northeast of the provincial capital Isparta on the D320 highway. The second largest city in the province is home to 45.8 percent of the district's population (end of 2018). It has had the status of a Belediye (municipality) since 1864 .
district
The district of Yalvaç is the largest in terms of area and, behind the central district ( Merkez ) Isparta, the second most populous in the province. It is located in the north of the province and borders on Gelendost County in the south and Şarkikaraağaç County in the southeast. Lake Eğirdir Gölü and Senirkent County form the border in the west, Afyonkarahisar Province in the north and Konya Province in the northeast .
The district consists of the district town of Hüyüklü (1,708 inhabitants) and 37 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 637 inhabitants. Eight of the villages have more than a thousand inhabitants:
- Sücüllü (1,638)
- Çetince (1,540)
- Kozluçay (1,520)
- Kumdanli (1,277)
- Körkuler (1,226)
- Yukarıkaşıkara (1,206)
- Bagkonak (1,181)
- Dedeçam (1,044 pop.)
history
In ancient times the city was called Antioch, and was distinguished from Antioch on the Orontes by the addition "near Pisidia" or later "in Pisidia".
According to Acts of the Apostles , Paul visited Antioch near Pisidia and founded a Christian community there. The first visit was possibly motivated by the fact that Sergius Paullus , who had recently been converted by him, came from Antioch near Pisidia. Whether Paul also later visited Antioch when he was traveling through "Galatia" is controversial in theological research.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 25, 2019
- ↑ At the time the Acts of the Apostles was written, the city was in the Phrygian part of the province of Galatia. Later manuscripts sometimes read "in Pisidia" instead of "near Pisidia", which corresponded to the circumstances of their time.
- ↑ According to Breytenbach: Paulus and Barnabas in the province of Galatia is the overwhelming majority of theologians only in German-speaking countries of the opinion that Paul was instead in the Galatia region, which was further north.
Web links
