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Tavas

Total population

42,506

Elevation941 m
Land area1432 km²
Coordinates37.57°, 29.07°

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City facts

Elevation
941 m
Area
1432 km²

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Overview

Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale.

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History & geography

History

The area has been occupied for a long time, proven by the presence of the mound of Medet Höyük, which appears to date back to the Bronze Age (but which has not been thoroughly excavated or researched). Many civilizations have settled here including the Hittites, Phrygians, Persians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. In antiquity this land south of the Menderes River was part of the region of Caria and was controlled from the nearby castle of Kale (known as Tabae in antiquity). In the 18th century emigrants from Circassia settled in Garipköy and Sarıabat villages. Tavas was reported as having a timber industry in 1920.

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Geography

Latitude
37.5729
Longitude
29.0713
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Notable people from here

Y
Yusuf Tavaslı
Turkish publisher and writer (born 1935)
B
Baki Adam
Turkish writer (born 1962)
M
Muhittin Tekin
Turkish association football player (born 1985)
Nihat Zeybekci
Nihat Zeybekci
Turkish statesperson (born 1961)
Osman Zolan
Osman Zolan
Turkish attorney and statesperson (born 1964)
Z
Zekeriya Şarbak
Turkish statesperson (born 1962)
H
Halil İbrahim Karaoğlanoğlu
Turkish military officer and statesperson (1924–1974)
M
Mehmet Tillem
Turkish researcher
A
Ali Çobanoğlu
Turkish statesperson (1915–1988)
M
Mehmet Çobanoğlu
Turkish statesperson (1911–1987)
M
Mustafa Kemal Aykurt
Turkish statesperson (born 1940)
M
Muhsin Köse
Turkish police officer
H
Hasan Erçelebi
Turkish statesperson (born 1955)
Osman Keçelioğlu
Osman Keçelioğlu
Turkish association football player (born 1998)
Y
Yusuf İnanır
Turkish association football player (born 2004)

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Nearby places in Denizli

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.93
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,801

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
156
Avg daily Wikipedia views
5
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Tavas

Kaledavaz Sempozyumu bildirileri
Turkey) Kaledavaz Sempozyumu (2012 Tavas · 2012
[Studies on soils and soil erosion in Turkey].
1900
XIX. asır ortalarında Tavas kazası
Mübahat S. Kütükoğlu · 2007

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image