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Emirdağ District
Emirdağ District is a district of Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Emirdağ.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its area is 2,103 km2, and its population is 42,327 (2021). Composition There are three in Emirdağ District: * Davulga * * Gömü ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emirdağ
Emirdağ is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey, between the city of Afyon and Eskişehir. The district covers an area of 2,009 km2, and the population (2014) is 38,269 of which 19,093 live in the town of Emirdağ itself. The mayor is Cengiz Pala ( AKP). The Emir Mountains rise steeply behind the town. The region is vulnerable to earthquakes. The weather is very cold in winter. Etymology During the Hellenistic era the name of Emirdağ was Amorion ( el, Ἀμόριον, Amórion). After the Arab conquests of Anatolia the city was known as Ammūriye by Arab-Islamic sources. The Ottomans called the settlement Hergen Kale, which refers to its old city. After 17th century, the city was named as Muslucalı (Which means "from Mosul") due to migrations of Turkmens from Mosul Vilayet and Rakka Eyalet. From 1867 until 1932, the town was called Azîziyye in honour of Sultan Abdulaziz. In 1932 the name Emirdağ was given by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk which derives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |