Selendi is a municipality and
district
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of
Manisa Province
Manisa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in western Turkey. Its area is 13,339 km2, and its population is 1,468,279 (2022). Its neighboring provinces are İzmi ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 726 km
2, and its population is 19,203 (2022).
The town lies at an elevation of .
It is the site of the ancient town
Silandus, which was located on a tributary of the
Hermos River.
Composition
There are 57
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Selendi District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Akçakertil
* Altınköy
* Aşağıtefen
* Avlaşa
* Bekirağalar
* Beypınar
* Çalıklı
* Çamköy
* Çamlıca
* Çampınar
* Çamyayla
* Çanşa
* Çıkrıkçı
* Çinan
* Çortak
* Dedeler
* Dumanlar
* Eskicami
* Eskin
* Fatih
* Gölbaşı
* Hacıhaliller
* Hacılar
* Halılar
* Havaoğlu
* İnnice
* Kabaklar
* Karabeyler
* Karakozan
* Karaselendi
* Karataşterziler
* Karşıova
* Kayranlar
* Kazıklı
* Kınık
* Kürkçü
* Kurşunlu
* Kurtuluş
* Mıdıklı
* Mollaahmetler
* Omurlar
* Pınarlar
* Rahmanlar
* Şehirlioğlu
* Selmanhacılar
* Şerefiye
* Tavak
* Tepeeynihan
* Turpçu
* Yağcı
* Yenicami
* Yenice
* Yeşil Mahalle
* Yıldız
* Yukarıtefen
* Zafer
* Zıramanlar
Ecclesiastical history
The diocese of Silandus was a suffragan of the diocese of Sardis. Suppressed under Muslim rule, it was revived as a titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...
of the Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
in 1900.
References
External links
District municipality's official website
Road map of Selendi and environs
Various images of Selendi, Manisa
Communication portal of Selendi
Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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