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Afyonkarahisar (, " poppy, opium ", ' kara ' " black ", ' hisar ' " fortress ") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province.
Afyon is in mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along the Akarçay River.
The name Afyon Kara Hisar ( literally opium black castle in Turkish ), since opium was widely grown here and there is a castle on a black rock.
Nowadays Afyon is known for its marble ( in 2005 there were 355 marble quarries in the province of Afyon producing high quality white stone ), its sucuk ( spiced sausages ), its kaymak ( meaning either cream or a white Turkish Delight ) and various handmade weavings.
This is a natural crossroads, the routes from Ankara to İzmir and from Istanbul to Antalya intersect here and Afyon is a popular stopping-place on these journeys.
Afyon is also an important railroad junction between İzmir, Konya, Ankara and Istanbul.
The Western part of Schaerbeek ( the area near the Gare du Nord, the Chaussee de Haecht and the Pont Van Praet ) is home to a large Turkish immigrant community, a significant part of which originates from Afyon / Emirdağ, Turkey.
Burdur Province () is a province of Turkey, located in the southwest and bordering Muğla and Antalya to the South, Denizli to the West, Afyon to the North, and Isparta to the East.
The inscription is in Afyon Museum today.
His rule extended as far as Afyon, in central Anatolia. At the end of the 12th century the area was occupied by a nomadic tribe that had come from across the Caucasus mountains. The tribe was called by the ancient Greeks the " Wind people " ( Ανέμου γένος ) after whom the city was named. The exact reasons behind this name are lost in time. The most probable explanation however, is that they worshiped a god of wind, perhaps similar to the Greek Aeolus, as their main deity.
Afyonkarahisar Province (), also called more simply Afyon Province, is a province in western Turkey.
Emirdağ is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey, between the city of Afyon and Eskişehir.
The source of the river is the Bayat Yaylası ( Bayat Plateau ) which is located to the northeast of Afyon.
The entrance floor is paved in white Afyon marble while black Adapazarı marble was used for the floors of the exhibition spaces and the stairs.

Afyon and centre
The area thrived during the Ottoman Empire, as the centre of opium production and Afyon became a wealthy city with the typical Ottoman urban mixture of Turks, Armenians and Greeks.

Afyon and area
In September he was moved to command of II Corps and in December to I Corps in the area of Afyon Karahisar.

Afyon and city
The city was known as Afyon ( opium ), until the name was changed to Afyonkarahisar by the Turkish Parliament in 2004.

Afyon and has
The top of the rock in Afyon has been fortified for a long time.

Afyon and .
Also known simply as Afyon.
Older spellings include Karahisar-i Sahip, Afium-Kara-hissar and Afyon Karahisar.
During the Greco-Turkish War ( 1919-1922 ) campaign ( part of the Turkish War of Independence ) Afyon and the surrounding hills were occupied by French, Italian and then Greek forces.
After 1923 Afyon became a part of the Republic of Turkey.
The region was a major producer of raw opium ( hence the name Afyon ) until the late 1960s when under international pressure, from the USA in particular, the fields were burnt and production ceased.
Afyon was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 50 lira banknote of 1927-1938.
However Afyon Kocatepe University opened in the 1990s and this must surely lead to improvements eventually.
Some of these places are modern well-equipped hotels and spas ; the mineral waters of Afyon are renowned for their healing qualities.
** The Turkish large-scale attack opened against Greek forces in Afyon.
Upon completion of his elementary school education in his hometown, he attended middle school and high school in Isparta and Afyon, respectively.
After the successful Greek advance towards Eskişehir and Afyon in July, he urged the continuation of the advance towards Ankara, which was however stopped in the Battle of Sakarya.
* January 16 – The Turkish Airlines Boeing 727-2F2 Afyon, operating as Flight 158, lands short of the runway in driving snow at Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara, Turkey.

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As South Australia's seat of government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions.
A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC in later centuries on the rest of the then known European continent.
A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George ( patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudi's home ), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.
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Aachen is connected to the Autobahn A4 ( West-East ), A44 ( North-South ) and A544 ( a smaller motorway from the A4 to the Europaplatz near the city centre ).
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The elevation in the centre of the market square is 430 meters relative to Normalhöhennull.

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