Eskihisar
Eskihisar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sultanhisar, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,129.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,130 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Sultanhisar, Aydın, southwestern Turkey
- Also known as: “Eskihisar, Sultanhisar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nysa on the Maeander and Acharaca.
Nysa on the Maeander
Photo: Musti, Public domain.
Nysa on the Maeander was an ancient city and bishopric of Asia Minor, whose remains are in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province of Turkey, 50 kilometres east of the Ionian city of Ephesus, and which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Acharaca
Acharaca was a village of ancient Lydia, Anatolia on the road from Tralles to Nysa on the Maeander, with a Ploutonion or a temple of Pluto, and a cave, named Charonium, where the sick were healed under the direction of the priests.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sultanhisar and Kabaca.
Sultanhisar
Town
Photo: Memty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sultanhisar is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 220 km2, and its population is 20,230. It is 30 km east of the city of Aydın on the road to Denizli. Sultanhisar is situated 2½ km southeast of Eskihisar.
Kabaca
Village
Kabaca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sultanhisar, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 289. Kabaca is situated 2½ km south of Eskihisar.
Salavatlı
Village
Salavatlı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Sultanhisar, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,204. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Salavatlı is situated 3 km southwest of Eskihisar.
Eskihisar
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Sultanhisar İlçesi, Aydın Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
37.90383° or 37° 54′ 14″ northLongitude
28.13155° or 28° 7′ 54″ eastPopulation
1,130Elevation
230 metres (755 feet)Open location code
8G9CW43J+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2407753020OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
315250Wikidata ID
Q5398106
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Eskihisar” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “ЭскихӀисар”
- Chinese: “Eskihisar”
- Dutch: “Eskihisar”
- German: “Eskihisar”
- Irish: “Eskihisar”
- Malay: “Eskihisar, Sultanhisar”
- Malay: “Eskihisar”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Eskihisar”
- Serbian: “Ескихисар”
- Tatar: “Эскиһисар (Султанһисар)”
- Tatar: “Эскиһисар”
- Turkish: “Eskihisar, Sultanhisar”
- Turkish: “Eskihisar”
- Uzbek: “Eskihisar”
- Vietnamese: “Eskihisar, Sultanhisar”
- Vietnamese: “Eskihisar”
- “Eskihisar”
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