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Gelibolu District
Gelibolu District is a district of the Çanakkale Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Gelibolu.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its area is 823 km2, and its population is 44,598 (2021). Composition There are three in Gelibolu District: * Evreşe * * |
Gelibolu
Gelibolu, also known as Gallipoli (from el, Καλλίπολις, ''Kallipolis'', "Beautiful City"), is the name of a town and a district in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara Region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on the southern shore of the peninsula named after it on the Dardanelles The Dardanelles (; tr, Çanakkale Boğazı, lit=Strait of Çanakkale, el, Δαρδανέλλια, translit=Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli from the Gallipoli peninsula or from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (; ... strait, away from Lapseki on the other shore. History The Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonian city of Callipolis was founded in the 5th century B.C. It has a rich history as a naval base for various rulers. The emperor Justinian I fortified Gallipoli and established important military warehouses for corn and wine there, of which some Byzantine ruins can still be seen. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
