Turkey
Denizli Province
Pamukkale İlçesi

Hierapolis

Hierapolis was a Hellenistic Greek city built on the site of a Phrygian cult center of the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele, in Phrygia in southwestern , .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pamukkale and Temple Nymphaeum.

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is a village in the region of Turkey, famous for its hot springs, Roman spa town of Hierapolis, and white terraced pools: the village name means "cotton castle".

Ruins
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is a ruins, which is situated 470 metres south of Hierapolis.

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is situated 780 metres south of Hierapolis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pamukkale and Develi.

Town
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, formerly known as Akköy, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 823 km2, and its population is 347,926. It first came into existence with the fusion of two small villages, Aziziye and Sultaniye in reference to the 19th century Ottoman sultan, founded by refugees of the Russo-Turkish War.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,010.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Hierapolis.

Hierapolis

Latitude
37.93108° or 37° 55′ 52″ north
Longitude
29.1256° or 29° 7′ 32″ east
Elevation
368 metres (1,207 feet)
Open location code
8G9FW4JG+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 116720710
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
7733052
Wiki­data ID
Q7428276
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Hierapolis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hiërapolis”
  • Albanian: “Hierapolisi”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἱεράπολις”
  • Arabic: “هييرابوليس”
  • Armenian: “Հիերապոլիս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hierapolis”
  • Azerbaijani: “İerapol”
  • Basque: “Hierapolis”
  • Belarusian: “Ераполіс”
  • Belarusian: “Іерапаль”
  • Bulgarian: “Хиераполис”
  • Catalan: “Hieràpolis de Frígia”
  • Chinese: “希拉波利斯”
  • Croatian: “Hierapolis”
  • Czech: “Hierapolis”
  • Danish: “Hierapolis”
  • Dutch: “Hierapolis (Frygie)”
  • Dutch: “Hiërapolis”
  • Esperanto: “Hierapoliso”
  • Finnish: “Hierapolis (Fryygia)”
  • Finnish: “Hierapolis”
  • French: “Hiérapolis”
  • Galician: “Hierápolis”
  • Georgian: “იერაპოლისი”
  • German: “Hierapolis”
  • Greek: “Ιεράπολη Φρυγίας”
  • Greek: “Ιεράπολη”
  • Hebrew: “הייראפוליס”
  • Hindi: “हीरापोलिस”
  • Hungarian: “Hierapolisz”
  • Indonesian: “Hierapolis”
  • Irish: “Hierapolis”
  • Italian: “Hierapolis”
  • Italian: “Ierapoli”
  • Japanese: “ヒエラポリス-パムッカレ”
  • Japanese: “ヒエラポリス”
  • Japanese: “ヒエラポリス＝パムッカレ”
  • Korean: “히에라폴리스”
  • Latin: “Hierapolis”
  • Latvian: “Hierapole”
  • Lithuanian: “Hierapolis”
  • Macedonian: “Јерапол”
  • Macedonian: “Хиераполис”
  • Malagasy: “Hierapôlisy”
  • Marathi: “हिरापोलिस”
  • Mazanderani: “پاموک‌کاله”
  • Nepali: “हेरापोलिस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hierapolis”
  • Norwegian: “Hierapolis”
  • Persian: “هیراپولیس (شهر باستانی)”
  • Persian: “هیراپولیس”
  • Polish: “Hierapolis”
  • Portuguese: “Hierápolis”
  • Russian: “Иераполис”
  • Russian: “Иераполь”
  • Serbian: “Јерапољ”
  • Serbian: “Памукале”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hijerapolis”
  • Slovak: “Hierapolis”
  • Slovenian: “Hierapolis”
  • Spanish: “Hierapolis”
  • Spanish: “Hierápolis”
  • Swahili: “Hierapoli”
  • Swedish: “Hierapolis”
  • Tamil: “ஹைராபோலிஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Иераполис”
  • Turkish: “Hierapolis Antik Kenti”
  • Turkish: “Hierapolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Єраполь”
  • Ukrainian: “Ієраполіс”
  • Urdu: “ہیراپولس”
  • Vietnamese: “Hierapolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hierapolis (Frigia)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hierapolis”

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