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Flat Settlement | |||||
Altitude:
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100 m | |||||
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Region:
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Aegean | |||||
Province:
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Manisa | |||||
District:
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Salihli | |||||
Village:
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Sardmustafa | |||||
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Visited - 16/9/2000 | |||||
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Registration State:
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For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
Location: It is situated on the Izmir-Ankara motorway to the south of the Ahmetli District, 9 km west of the Salihli District in Manisa. |
Geography and Environment: It was founded on and around a hill on the northern skirt of the Mount Bozdag (Tmolus) in the Pactolus (Sart) Brook Valley in the Gediz (Hermus) Plain. The acropolis section is 400 m high above the plain level [Umar 2001:62-65]. |
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