Seferihisar

Infobox Settlement

settlement_type = Town
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = TUR
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
map_caption =Location of PAGENAME within Turkey.
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
official_name = Seferihisar

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image_caption = Ruins of the ancient city of Teos near Seferihisar
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subdivision_type1=Region
subdivision_name1 = Aegean
subdivision_type2=Province
subdivision_name2 = Izmir
population_total = 43.361
population_urban =
population_as_of = 2006
population_footnotes = [http://www.izto.org.tr/NR/rdonlyres/898956C7-DD92-46C6-92D1-F06317523AE9/9357/27_SEFERİHİSAR.pdf]
population_density_km2 = 112
area_total_km2 = 386
elevation_m = 28
latd = 38
latm = 12
latNS = N
longd = 26
longm = 50
longEW = E
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 35xxx
blank_info = 35|blank_name=Licence plate
area_code = 0232
leader_title =
leader_name =
website = http://www.seferihisar.bel.tr
leader_name1 =
gwebsite = http://www.seferihisar.gov.tr

Seferihisar is a coastal town and the center of the district of the same name in İzmir Province, in Turkey. Seferihisar district area borders on other İzmir districts of Urla to the west and Menderes (Cumaovası) to the east, and touches İzmir's western-most metropolitan district of Güzelbahçe in the north. Seferihisar town center is situated slightly inland at an altitude of 28 m and the urban tissue extends towards the sea as composed of seven quarters, among which the part called Sığacık stands somewhat separately from the rest at a distance of 5 km, has its own port and made a name by its own right. The wide area of the district center partly accounts for its high population and an urbanization rate of 51 %, while the general impression received is rather rural in some of its sections. Both the center town and the district as a whole preserves an overall outlook of a pleasant resort area bearing typical Aegean characteristics. The district's economy is largely based on agriculture, with the production of tangerines and satsumas standing out, and increasingly on tourism, with the presence of several housing projects or vacation villages, pensioners opting to settle in the region due to its quiet charm and a university campus in phase of being built. At a distance of convert|45|km|mi|0|abbr=on from İzmir center, (Konak), the connections with the metropolis are made easily, especially once reached the six-lane highway in Urla. Seferihisar is where the ancient city of Teos is located and its highly interesting await further research and discoveries. The district's literacy level is 99 %.

ights of interest

Sights of interest include the ancient city of Teos near Sığacık locality, the ruins locally called as Karaköse in Doğanbey - Gerenalanı region, the depending locality of Sığacık itself where an inner castle was constructed within a larger one by the Ottomans and near which a French vacation village is also situated. Seferihisar also has beautiful beaches and bays along its 27 km. coastal strait.

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