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
Akşehir Grand Mosque is a historical mosque in Akşehir, .

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
  • Turkish: Akşehir
  • Ukrainian: Акшехір
  • Urdu: آق شہر
  • Uzbek: Akshehir
  • Vietnamese: Akşehir
  • Western Mari: Акшехир
  • Akşehir

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Akşehir”. Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.