Birgi

Birgi is an attractive village overlooking the Küçükmenderes Valley in the Region of Turkey, with a population of 1832 in 2022. Its name derives from Greek "Pyrgion" and from the 13th to 15th century it was capital of the Aydınoğulları principality or petty kingdom, one of several formed in the power vacuum between the collapse of the Seljuks and the rise of the Ottomans.
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  • Village with 1,830 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 326 metres (1,070 feet)
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Ödemiş, İzmir, western Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Balat”
    “Birgi Subdistrict”
    “Birlik”
    “Dios Hieron”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Çakırağa Mansion and Grand Mosque of Birgi.

Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an historical mansion in , .

Mosque
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Birgi Grand Mosque, also called "Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque", is a historical mosque in .

Work of art
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Birgi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , .

Birgi

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Latitude
38.2541° or 38° 15′ 15″ north
Longitude
28.0655° or 28° 3′ 56″ east
Open location code
8GCC7338+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1487662174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
321059
Wiki­data ID
Q2220449

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Birgi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بركي”
  • Catalan: “Birge”
  • Catalan: “Birgi”
  • Cebuano: “Birgi Bucağı”
  • Chechen: “Бирги”
  • Chinese: “比爾吉”
  • Chinese: “畢爾吉”
  • Dutch: “Birgi”
  • French: “Birgi”
  • German: “Birgi”
  • Greek: “Διὸς Ἱερόν”
  • Irish: “Birgi”
  • Italian: “Birgi”
  • Japanese: “ビルギ”
  • Persian: “بیرگی”
  • Polish: “Birgi”
  • Portuguese: “Birgi”
  • Serbian: “Бирги”
  • Slovenian: “Birgi”
  • Turkish: “Birgi bucağı”
  • Turkish: “Birgi, Ödemiş”
  • Turkish: “Birgi”
  • Turkish: “Dios Hieron?”
  • Turkish: “Pyrgion”
  • Urdu: “بیرگی”
  • Uzbek: “Birgi”
  • Vietnamese: “Birgi, Ödemiş”
  • Vietnamese: “Birgi”

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