Sivrihisar is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 2,748 km2, and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is .
Location
The town of Sivrihisar lies north of the historical site of Pessinus, at the foot of a high double-peaked ridge of granite, which bears the ruins of ancient Spaleia and a later Byzantine castle, which gives the town its name (sivri "sharp, pointed", hisar "fortress, castle"). It is located at the interchange of the E-90 and E-96 routes.
Economy As of 1920, Sivrihisar was producing knitting clothing.
Composition There are 78 neighbourhoods in Sivrihisar District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Ahiler Aktaş Aşağıkepen Aydınlı Babadat Bahçecik Ballıhisar Benlikuyu Benliyaver Beyyazı Biçer Böğürtlen Buhara Buzluca Camikebir Çandır Çaykoz Cumhuriyet Demirci Demirciköy Dinek Dumluca Dümrek Elcik Elmalı Ertuğrulköy Gedik Gerenli Göktepe Gülçayır Güvemli Hamamkarahisar Hızırbey Hüdavendigar İbikseydi İğdecik İlören İlyaspaşa İstiklalbağı Kadıncık Kaldırımköy Karabaşlı Karaburhan Karacakaya Karacalar Karacaören Karacaörenyaylası Karadat Karakaya Karkın Kaymaz Kertek Kılıç Kınık Koçaş Koltan Kubbeli Kurşunlu Kurtşeyh Memik Mülkköy Nasrettinhoca Oğlakçı Ortaklar Paşakadın Sadıkbağı Sarıkavak Selimiye Sığırcık Tekören Yaverören Yenice Yenidoğan Yeniköy Yeşilköy Yukarıkepen Yunusemre Zeyköyü
Notable natives Moushegh Ishkhan an Armenian poet, writer and educator. Nasreddin Hoca was born in Hortu village of Sivrihisar. Yunus Emre was born in Sivrihisar.
Gallery
See also Monument of Sivrihisar Airplane Sivrihisar Aviation Center
References
External links
District governor's official website Local guide to Sivrihisar