Eşme
| Eşme | ||||
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 Eşme train station |
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Usak | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 24 ' N , 28 ° 59' E | |||
| Height : | 823 m | |||
| Residents : | 14,644 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 276 | |||
| Postal code : | 63 600 | |||
| License plate : | 64 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 6 mahall | |||
| Mayor : | Hacı Mustafa Çetin ( AKP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Şehit Alibey Mah., Vakkas Ferit Caddesi, No: 56 63600 Eşme / |
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| Eşme County | ||||
| Residents : | 34,932 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 1,156 km² | |||
| Population density : | 30 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Murat Özdemİr | |||
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Eşme is a city in the Turkish province of Uşak and the capital of the district of the same name ( İlçe ). It is located about 62 kilometers by road (air line: 50 kilometers) southwest of the provincial capital Uşak , to Kula and Alaşehir there are 42. According to the city seal, the place was raised to a municipality ( Belediye ) in 1934 . The third largest city in the province is divided into six districts ( Mahalle ).
geography
With an area of 1362 km², Eşme County is the third largest in the province. It is located in the west of the province and borders in the north on the central district ( Merkez ) of the provincial capital Uşak and in the east on the Ulubey district . The external borders form the province of Manisa in the east and the province of Denizli in the south .
Eşme is 823 m above sea level. Rain is rather rare. There are few forests, most of which are conifers.
The county
The district has the lowest population density (48.2 inh. Per km²) in the province. The sex ratio (Sex Ratio) is 1019, d. H. 17,632 women are compared to 17,300 men (arithmetically). In 2017, the average age in the district was 41.42, which is above the provincial average.
In addition to the district town of Eşme, there is another municipality with Yeleğen (2,189 inhabitants). There are also 59 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 307 inhabitants in the district. 19 villages have more than the average population. There are more than a thousand inhabitants: Karaahmetli (1,183), Ahmetler (1,052) and Saraycık (1,000 inhabitants). Three villages in the province of Uşak are the smallest, each with 27 inhabitants, one of which is here: Gökçukur . The total population of all 59 villages makes up over half (51.81%) of the total district population.
history
In the 7th century BC This place was the dominion of the Kimmerer . After the Cimmerians, the Lydians , Persians , Macedonians , Seleucids and the Pergamener ruled in succession . 130 BC The area fell to the Romans , after which the place belonged to the territory of the Byzantine Empire . In the course of the advance of the Uc beylikleri , the area around Eşme fell under Turkish rule in 1233 together with that of Uşak . Shortly afterwards, the Turkmen settled in the province. In the 19th century the five Nahiye of Selendi, Sirge, İnay, Güre and Takmak existed in the area of the district , which were administratively attached to the Mutasarrıflık Denizli . In 1867 the Nahiye became a Kaza , the forerunner of today's district, which was named Eşme after one of the Turkmen tribes, the Eşmeli . The main town of the district was Takmak. After the railway line to İzmir was built in 1898, the village of Elvanlar on the railway line experienced an economic boom, while the administrative center of Takmak stagnated. After the First World War , Takmak and the Eşme district were taken by the Greeks in the Turkish Liberation War . On September 3, 1922, Takmak was liberated again. However, the Greeks had laid the small town ( Kasaba ) Takmak in ruins, so that by order of the General Council ( Genel Meclisi ) the new district center was built in Manisa next to the Elvanlar train station and was given the name of the district. Takmak sank down to a village. Administratively, the district was attached to the Manisa Province . When the province of Uşak was founded in 1953 and Uşak was separated from the area of the province of Kütahya , the Eşme district was attached to the new province.
traffic
Most of the inner-city streets are well paved. Outside of the city, the streets are often old, damaged and winding. Eşme is on the Ankara - Izmir railway line.
economy
The main sources of income are agriculture (tobacco, grain), livestock and support from citizens living abroad. The place is also famous for its kilims . The tobacco grown in the area is processed in Eşme and sold to Turkish cigarette manufacturers.
Kilim Festival
Every year on 13./14. May the city holds the Kelim Festival, with which they advertise their kilims. This festival was held for the first time in 1994.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nufusune.com , accessed July 31, 2019
- ↑ http://www.esme.bel.tr/Muhtarlar
- ↑ History section on the website of the municipality ( memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
