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Alabanda |
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Aegean | |||||
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Aydin | |||||
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Çine | |||||
Village:
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Doganyurt | |||||
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Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
Location: It is located where the Doganyurt Village; formerly Araphisar; is situated; 7 km west of the Çine District of the Aydin Province [Tirpan 1990a:171]. |
Geography and Environment: Strabo records that Alabanda was situated in the saddle of two elevations; resembling a donkey with panniers [Strabo 14; 2; 26]. The city was founded at the skirt of the hills extending to a plain. |
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