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Uşak ( tr, Uşak ili ) is a
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in western
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. Its adjacent provinces are
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to the west,
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to the south,
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to the east, and
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to the north. The provincial capital is
Uşak Uşak (; el, Ουσάκειον, Ousakeion) is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 500,000 (2016 census) and is the capital of Uşak Province. Uşak city is situated at a distance of from İ ...
, and its licence location code is 64. The province covers an area of 5,341 km2. In August 2018, the province decided to stop running digital advertisement on
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based social media platforms like
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and
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canceling all of the budget as a response to the U.S. sanctions on Turkey. The U.S. sanctions were over the detention of the
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.Turkish municipality strikes at social media giants as response to US
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Districts

Uşak province is divided into 6
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(capital district in bold): *
Banaz Banaz is a town and district of Uşak Province in the inner Aegean Region, Aegean region of Turkey. The mayor is Zafer Arpacı (Justice and Development Party (Turkey), AKP). Banaz district area neighbors those of two other districts of the same p ...
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Eşme Eşme is a town and district of Uşak Province in the inner Aegean Region of Turkey. Apart from the central town of Eşme, the district counts three townships with own municipality, namely Yeleğen, Ahmetler and Güllü. The principal economi ...
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Karahallı Karahallı is a town and district of Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Karahallı district area neighbors those of two other districts of the same province to the north, namely Ulubey and Sivaslı, and to the south those of tw ...
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Sivaslı Sivaslı, formerly known as Sebaste ( gr, Σεβαστείας, Sebasten) is a town and district of Uşak . Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Sebaste ancient city area is away from Sivaslı town center today. The ancient city of ...
* Ulubey *
Uşak Uşak (; el, Ουσάκειον, Ousakeion) is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 500,000 (2016 census) and is the capital of Uşak Province. Uşak city is situated at a distance of from İ ...


Gallery

Image:Clandras Köprüsü.jpg, Clandıras bridge near Karahallı


References


External links

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Uşak governor's official website
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Uşak municipality's official website
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Uşak weather forecast information

News from Uşak province and 6 districts
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