Soma

Soma is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 820 km2, and its population is 111,789. The town lies at an elevation of 161 m.
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  • Type: Town with 111,000 residents
  • Description: ilçe (district), administrative county of Manisa, western Turkey
  • Also known as: Germe”, “Soma district”, and “Soma, Manisa
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Soma power station and Soma railway station.

Power station
is a 990 MW coal-fired power station in Soma, in western . In 2020 of the 6 units 2 were shut down. Steam from the plant is used for residential heating in the winter.

Railway stop
Soma station is a station in Soma, Manisa, . Located in the northeastern part of the town, four daily trains, operated by TCDD Taşımacılık, stop at the station.

is a 44 MW coal-fired power station in Soma, in western . The station closed in 2010 but was reopened in 2012 for research and development by the state owned Electricity Generation Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Turgutalp.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Soma, , . Its population is 16,219. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Soma

Latitude
39.1852° or 39° 11′ 7″ north
Longitude
27.6089° or 27° 36′ 32″ east
Population
111,000
Elevation
155 metres (509 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR SMA
Open location code
8GF95JP5+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2833270692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
300371
Wiki­data ID
Q13124930
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Soma” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Soma, Manisa
  • Afrikaans: Soma
  • Arabic: سوما
  • Arabic: صومة
  • Armenian: Սոմա (Թուրքիա)
  • Armenian: Սոմա
  • Asturian: Soma (distritu)
  • Asturian: Soma
  • Azerbaijani: Soma
  • Catalan: Soma
  • Cebuano: Soma İlçesi
  • Chechen: Сома
  • Chinese: Soma
  • Chinese: 索馬
  • Dutch: Soma
  • Esperanto: Soma
  • Finnish: Soma
  • French: Soma
  • Gagauz: Soma
  • German: Soma
  • Gilaki: سؤما (شأر)
  • Gilaki: سؤما
  • Greek: Σόμα
  • Hebrew: סומה
  • Interlingue: Soma
  • Irish: Soma
  • Italian: Distretto di Soma
  • Japanese: ソマ
  • Korean: 소마
  • Malay: Soma, Manisa
  • Malay: Soma
  • Mazanderani: سوما (شهر)
  • Mazanderani: سوما
  • Min Nan Chinese: Soma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Soma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Soma i Tyrkia
  • Norwegian: Soma
  • Persian: سوما، مانیسا
  • Persian: سوما
  • Polish: Soma
  • Russian: Сома
  • Russian: Сомы
  • Scots: Soma
  • Serbian: Сома
  • South Azerbaijani: سوما
  • Swahili: Soma, Manisa
  • Swahili: Soma
  • Tatar: Сома
  • Turkish: Soma, Manisa
  • Turkish: Soma
  • Ukrainian: Сома
  • Urdu: سوما، مانیسا
  • Urdu: سوما
  • Vietnamese: Soma, Manisa
  • Vietnamese: Soma
  • Western Mari: Сома
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع سوما
  • Soma ilçesi

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