Acarlar, İncirliova

Acarlar
Acarlar
	Town
	Acarlar Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 37°50′N 27°46′E
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

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

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[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