Sivrihisar is a municipality and

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Eskişehir Province Eskişehir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey. Its area is 13,960 km2, and its population is 906,617 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are B ...

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. Its area is 2,748 km², and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is .

Location

The town of Sivrihisar lies north of the historical site of Pessinus, at the foot of a high double-peaked ridge of granite, which bears the ruins of ancient Spaleia and a later

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castle, which gives the town its name (''sivri'' "sharp, pointed", ''hisar'' "fortress, castle"). It is located at the interchange of the E-90 and E-96 routes.

Economy

As of 1920, Sivrihisar was producing knitting clothing.

Composition

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Sivrihisar District: * Ahiler * Aktaş * Aşağıkepen * Aydınlı * Babadat * Bahçecik * Ballıhisar * Benlikuyu * Benliyaver * Beyyazı * Biçer * Böğürtlen * Buhara * Buzluca * Camikebir * Çandır * Çaykoz * Cumhuriyet * Demirci * Demirciköy * Dinek * Dumluca * Dümrek * Elcik * Elmalı * Ertuğrulköy * Gedik * Gerenli * Göktepe * Gülçayır * Güvemli * Hamamkarahisar * Hızırbey * Hüdavendigar * İbikseydi * İğdecik * İlören * İlyaspaşa * İstiklalbağı * Kadıncık * Kaldırımköy * Karabaşlı * Karaburhan * Karacakaya * Karacalar * Karacaören * Karacaörenyaylası * Karadat * Karakaya * Karkın * Kaymaz * Kertek * Kılıç * Kınık * Koçaş * Koltan * Kubbeli * Kurşunlu * Kurtşeyh * Memik * Mülkköy * Nasrettinhoca * Oğlakçı * Ortaklar * Paşakadın * Sadıkbağı * Sarıkavak * Selimiye * Sığırcık * Tekören * Yaverören * Yenice * Yenidoğan * Yeniköy * Yeşilköy * Yukarıkepen * Yunusemre * Zeyköyü

Notable natives

* Moushegh Ishkhan an

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poet, writer and educator. * Nasreddin Hoca was born in Hortu village of Sivrihisar. * Yunus Emre was born in Sivrihisar.

Gallery

File:Sivrihisar_Saat_Kulesi.jpg, Sivrihisar Clock Tower File:Sivrihisar_Ulu_Camii_2055.jpg, Interior of the historical Grand Mosque of Sivrihisar File:Sivrihisar Holy Trinity Church back side in 2012 1046.jpg, Backside view of the Holy Trinity Church, 1881 File:M.S.Ö. Hava ve Uzay Müzesi .jpg, North American Aviation P-51 Mustang of the US Air Force and other airworthy aircraft on display in the M.S.Ö. Air & Space Museum

References

External links

District governor's official website

Local guide to Sivrihisar
* * Populated places in Eskişehir Province Phrygia Districts of Eskişehir Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Eskişehir-geo-stub