Simav district
Sign in to saveSimav is a town in Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Simav District. Its population is 26,872 (2022). The town is located on the Simav River.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Simav
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Simav Genel.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Panoramic view of Simav
- Turkey place.province
- Kütahya
- Turkey place.district
- Simav
- Turkey place.leader_party
- MHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Kübra Tekel Aktulun
- Turkey place.population_total
- 26872
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0274
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Kütahya Province
- Continent
- Asia
- Official language
- Turkish
- Population
- 64015
- Area
- 1515
- Elevation
- 818
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Image
- Simav Genel.jpg
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- Simav
- urban population
- 26976
- rural population
- 34869
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Simav is a town in Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Simav District. Its population is 26,872 (2022). The town is located on the Simav River.
== Geography == Simav is located 93 km west-southwest of Kütahya, the province capital. It is located on the south side of the Simav valley. To the south, a steep escarpment separates the plain from Simav Mountain, which rises to 1,780 m above sea level. This escarpment follows the Simav Fault, which runs east and west for about 80 km.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simav district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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