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Ä°psala District
İpsala District is a district of the Edirne Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of İpsala.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its area is 741 km2, and its population is 26,148 (2022). Composition There are three in İpsala District: * Esetçe * İpsala * Yenikarpuzlu There are 19[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°psala
Ä°psala (, ) is a town and district of Edirne Province in northwestern Turkey. It is the location of one of the main border checkpoints between Greece and Turkey. (The Greek town opposite Ä°psala is Kipoi.) The population is 8,332 (the city) and 30,112 (whole district). The state road (European route ) connects the border checkpoint Ä°psala with TekirdaÄŸ at the coast of Marmara Sea. History In Roman and Byzantine times, this was the town of Cypsela, which belonged to the Roman province of Rhodope, whose capital and metropolitan see was Traianopolis. From the 7th century onward, the bishopric of Cypsela, initially a suffragan of Traianopolis, appears in the ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' as an autocephalous archdiocese. Its bishops Georgius and Theophylactus were present respectively at the Second Council of Constantinople (553) and the Second Council of Nicaea (787). Stephanus was at both the Council of Constantinople (869) and the Council of Constantinople (879). No longer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
