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Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey
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Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, 250 km south-west of Ankara alongside the Akarcay River. Elevation 1,021 m. Population 173,100 In Turkey, Afyonkarahisar stands out as a capital metropolis of thermal and spa, an crucial junction of railway, motorway and air site visitors in West-Turkey, and the grounds in which independence have been gained.

In addition, Afyonkarahisar is one of the pinnacle leading provinces in agriculture, globally famend for its marble and globally biggest producer of pharmaceutical opium. The call Afyon Kara Hisar, because opium was widely grown right here and there may be a castle on a black rock. Also acknowledged without a doubt as Afyon. Older spellings include Karahisar-i Sahip, Afium-Kara-hissar and Afyon Karahisar. The city became called Afyon, till the name become changed to Afyonkarahisar by way of the Turkish Parliament in 2004.

The region thrived in the course of the Ottoman Empire, because the centre of opium production and Afyon became a wealthy metropolis. In 1902, a fireplace burning for 32 hours destroyed parts of the city. During the first World War British prisoners of war who have been captured at Gallipoli were housed here in an empty Armenian church at the foot of the rock. During the Greco-Turkish War marketing campaign Afyon and the encompassing hills were occupied with the aid of Greek forces.

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