Çeştepe

Çeştepe
(Çerkezköy)
Town
Çeştepe

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 37°50′N 27°51′E / 37.833°N 27.850°E / 37.833; 27.850Coordinates: 37°50′N 27°51′E / 37.833°N 27.850°E / 37.833; 27.850
Country  Turkey
Province Aydın Province
District Aydın central district
Elevation 80 m (260 ft)
Population (2012)
  Total 5,552
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 09090
Area code(s) 256
Licence plate 09

Çeştepe is a town in the central district of Aydın Province, Turkey. At 37°50′N 27°51′E / 37.833°N 27.850°E / 37.833; 27.850 it is almost merged to Aydın city center. The population of the town was 5552[1] as of 2012. According to the mayor's webpage, the town was founded by Circassian refugees from the Balkans and the Caucasus during the last years of the Ottoman Empire.[2] Çeştepe was declared a seat of township in 1992.

References

  1. "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. Mayor's page (Turkish)


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