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Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar
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Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey and the capital of Afyonkarahisar Province. The city history is dating back to the Hittite Empire when it was known to the as Hapanuwa.
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Country: Turkey
District: Afyonkarahisar Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Second Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Hittite
Later Cultures: Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine + Crusaders + Islamic
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Mountainous Phrygia
Date of Submission: 2015
Exact Location
Elevation: 1160 m
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