Sultanhisar

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 = Sultanhisar


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subdivision_type1=Region
subdivision_name1 = Aegean |subdivision_type2=Province
subdivision_name2 = Aydın| population_total = 22795|population_footnotes=
urban population| = 6,256
population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_density_km2 =
area_total_km2 = 215|elevation_m = 97|postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 09470
blank_info = 09|blank_name=Licence plate| area_code = 256
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = FAZIL TÖRÜN MHP
website =
leader_title1=Governor
leader_name1 = YILMAZ AYDIN
gwebsite = http://www.sultanhisar.gov.tr

Sultanhisar is a town and a small district of Aydın Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, 30km east of the city of Aydın on the road to Denizli.

History

The first settlement here was the ancient city of Nysa, founded in the Hellenistic period and continuing to thrive under the Ancient Romans, when the geographer Strabo was educated here. Nysa is 3km from the modern town of Sultanhisar, which was founded by the Seljuk Turks in 1270 and brought into the Ottoman Empire in 1425.

Geography

Sultanhisar is an agricultural district in the Büyük Menderes valley. The main products of the area are typical of the Aegean region: olives, figs, citrus fruits, grapes, strawberries etc. and the local industry is the processing of these products: olive oil pressing, spinning cotton, preparing and packing fruit, especially figs. Sultanhisar itself is a small town of 6,000 people on the İzmir-Afyon railway line. The local cuisine features typical Aegean dishes such as the bread-pancakes called gözleme. The town has a horticultural school of Adnan Menderes University.

Towns in the district

* Atça - Well-planned and tidy, with 7,600 people a larger town than Sultanhisar itself. One of Turkey's largest strawberry growing districts. There is an annual strawberry harvest festival.
* Salavatlı -

Places of interest

* Nysa, Anatolia - ruins of the ancient Carian city, including a large theatre, bridges baths and a gymnasium. The site is still being excavated, led by Professor Vedat Idil of Ankara University.

External links

* [http://www.sultanhisar.gov.tr District governor's official website]
* [http://www.yerelnet.org.tr/belediyeler/index.php?belediyeid=129298 local information] tr icon
* [http://www.nysaandacharaca.com/kaziekip.asp archaelogy in Nysa] tr icon
* [http://www.sultanhisar.tr.gg/ Sultanhisar information]