District and municipality in Manisa, Turkey
Selendi is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 726 km2,[3] and its population is 19,203 (2022).[1] The town lies at an elevation of 431 m (1,414 ft).
It is the site of the ancient town Silandus, which was located on a tributary of the Hermos River.[4]
Composition
There are 57 neighbourhoods in Selendi District:[5]
- Akçakertil
- Altınköy
- Aşağıtefen
- Avlaşa
- Bekirağalar
- Beypınar
- Çalıklı
- Çamköy
- Çamlıca
- Çampınar
- Çamyayla
- Çanşa
- Çıkrıkçı
- Çinan
- Çortak
- Dedeler
- Dumanlar
- Eskicami
- Eskin
- Fatih
- Gölbaşı
- Hacıhaliller
- Hacılar
- Halılar
- Havaoğlu
- İnnice
- Kabaklar
- Karabeyler
- Karakozan
- Karaselendi
- Karataşterziler
- Karşıova
- Kayranlar
- Kazıklı
- Kınık
- Kürkçü
- Kurşunlu
- Kurtuluş
- Mıdıklı
- Mollaahmetler
- Omurlar
- Pınarlar
- Rahmanlar
- Şehirlioğlu
- Selmanhacılar
- Şerefiye
- Tavak
- Tepeeynihan
- Turpçu
- Yağcı
- Yenicami
- Yenice
- Yeşil Mahalle
- Yıldız
- Yukarıtefen
- Zafer
- Zıramanlar
Ecclesiastical history
The diocese of Silandus was a suffragan of the diocese of Sardis. Suppressed under Muslim rule, it was revived as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in 1900.
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ W. M. Ramsay (24 June 2010). The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-108-01453-3.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
External links
- District municipality's official website (in Turkish)
- Road map of Selendi and environs
- Various images of Selendi, Manisa
- Communication portal of Selendi (in Turkish)
