Acarlar, İncirliova

Acarlar
Town
Acarlar
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°50′N 27°46′E / 37.833°N 27.767°E / 37.833; 27.767Coordinates: 37°50′N 27°46′E / 37.833°N 27.767°E / 37.833; 27.767
Country  Turkey
Province Aydın Province
District İncirliova
Elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 10,866
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 09610
Area code(s) 256
Licence plate 09

Acarlar is a town in İncirliova district of Aydın Province, Turkey. It is situated to the south of İncirliova and Turkish state highway D-550 . The distance to İncirliova is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to Aydın is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). The population of the Acarlar was 10,866 as of 2012.[1] According to the mayor's page, the settlement was founded by a group of people who named themselves as "Abdals" from Adana (although an alternative theory claims that these people were refugees from Russia after a Russo-Turkish War). In 1930s, the settlement was named by the governor of the province. In 1972, it was declared a seat of township.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Mayor's page (in Turkish) Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.


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