Akşehir

Akşehir is a city in the of Mediterranean Turkey, administratively part of Province. With a population just under 94,000 in 2022, it's best known for a fictional resident, Nasreddin Hoca.
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  • Type: Town with 94,200 residents
  • Description: district in Konya Province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Akschehr”, “Akshehir”, “Akshehr”, and “Philomêlion”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grand Mosque of Akşehir and Batı Cephesi Karargahı Museum.

Mosque
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akşehir Grand Mosque is a historical mosque in Akşehir, .

Museum
Photo: Nabbegat, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mosque
Photo: Nabbegat, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Akşehir

Latitude
38.3589° or 38° 21′ 32″ north
Longitude
31.4202° or 31° 25′ 13″ east
Population
94,200
Elevation
1,033 metres (3,389 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR AHR
Open location code
8GCH9C5C+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 142157546
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
324490
Wiki­data ID
Q169974
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Akşehir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آق شهر”
  • Armenian: “Ակշեհիր”
  • Asturian: “Akşehir (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Akşehir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akşehir”
  • Belarusian: “Акшэхір”
  • Bulgarian: “Акшеир”
  • Bulgarian: “Акшехир”
  • Bulgarian: “Ахшеир”
  • Bulgarian: “Ахшехир”
  • Catalan: “Ak Shehir”
  • Catalan: “Ak Shehr”
  • Catalan: “Aksehir”
  • Catalan: “Akşehir”
  • Catalan: “Akshehir”
  • Cebuano: “Akşehir”
  • Chechen: “АкшехӀир”
  • Chinese: “Akşehir”
  • Chinese: “阿克謝希爾”
  • Chinese: “阿克谢希尔”
  • Czech: “Akşehir”
  • Czech: “Akshehir”
  • Danish: “Akşehir”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Akşehir”
  • Dutch: “Akşehir”
  • Dutch: “Philomelium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آق شهر”
  • French: “Aksehir”
  • French: “Akşehir”
  • French: “Philomelion”
  • Gagauz: “Akşehir”
  • Georgian: “აქშეჰირი”
  • German: “Aksehir”
  • German: “Akşehir”
  • German: “Akshehir”
  • Gilaki: “آق‌شهر”
  • Greek: “Ακσεχίρ”
  • Greek: “Φιλομήλιον”
  • Hebrew: “אקשהיר”
  • Irish: “Akşehir”
  • Italian: “Akşehir”
  • Japanese: “アクシェヒル”
  • Japanese: “アクシュヒル”
  • Kazakh: “Ақшаһар”
  • Kurdish: “Akşehir”
  • Latin: “Philomelium”
  • Macedonian: “Акшехир”
  • Malay: “Akşehir”
  • Mazanderani: “آق‌شهر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Akşehir”
  • Minangkabau: “Akşehir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akşehir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Philomelion”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aksehir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akşehir”
  • Norwegian: “Akşehir”
  • Persian: “آق شهر”
  • Persian: “آق‌شهر”
  • Persian: “اق شهر”
  • Persian: “اق‌شهر”
  • Polish: “Aksehir”
  • Polish: “Akşehir”
  • Portuguese: “Ak-Shehr”
  • Portuguese: “Aksehir”
  • Portuguese: “Akşehir”
  • Portuguese: “Filomélio”
  • Portuguese: “Filomélion”
  • Portuguese: “Philomelion”
  • Portuguese: “Philomelium”
  • Pushto: “اکشيهر”
  • Romanian: “Akşehir”
  • Romanian: “Akșehir”
  • Russian: “Акшехир”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Akşehir”
  • Serbian: “Акшехир”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آغ شهر”
  • Spanish: “Akşehir”
  • Swahili: “Akşehir”
  • Swedish: “Aksehir”
  • Swedish: “Akşehir”
  • Swedish: “Akshehir”
  • Swedish: “Philomelium”
  • Tajik: “Оқшаҳр”
  • Tatar: “Акшеһир”
  • Turkish: “Akşehir”
  • Ukrainian: “Акшехір”
  • Urdu: “آق شہر”
  • Uzbek: “Akshehir”
  • Vietnamese: “Akşehir”
  • Western Armenian: “Ագշէհր”
  • Western Mari: “Акшехир”
  • “Akşehir”

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