Selendi

Selendi (In Turkish, Selendi) is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 26,061 of which 8,095 live in the town of Selendi.[3] The district covers an area of 701 km2 (271 sq mi),[4] and the town lies at an elevation of 431 m (1,414 ft).

Selendi
District
Location of Selendi within Turkey.
Selendi
Location of Selendi
Coordinates: 38°45′N 28°52′E
Country Turkey
RegionAegean
ProvinceManisa
Area
 • District700.97 km2 (270.65 sq mi)
Elevation
431 m (1,414 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
6,558
 • District
22,273
 • District density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
45xxx
Area code(s)236
Licence plate45
Government websitewww.selendi.gov.tr
Websitewww.selendi.bel.tr

It was located in antiquity on a tributary of the Hermos River.[5]

Ecclesiastical history

The see of Silandus was a suffragan of the see of Sardis. Suppressed under Muslim rule, it was revived as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in 1900.

Notes
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Turkish Statistical Institute. "Census 2000, Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey" (in Turkish). Archived from the original (XLS) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  4. Statoids. "Statistical information on districts of Turkey". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  5. W. M. Ramsay (24 June 2010). The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-108-01453-3.

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