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Sivrihisar

District and municipality in Eskişehir, Turkey

Sivrihisar
District and municipality
View of the town with mountain range in the background
Map showing Sivrihisar District in Eskişehir Province
Sivrihisar Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Sivrihisar Sivrihisar (Turkey Central Anatolia) Show map of Turkey Central Anatolia
Coordinates: 39°27′00″N 31°32′16″E / 39.45000°N 31.53778°E / 39.45000; 31.53778
Country	Turkey
Province	Eskişehir
Government
• Mayor	Habil Dökmeci (CHP)
Area	2,748 km2 (1,061 sq mi)
Elevation	1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]	20,087
• Density	7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	26600
Area code	0222
Website	www.sivrihisar.bel.tr

Sivrihisar (Turkish: Sivrihisar, "a pointed castle") is a municipality and districtofEskişehir Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 2,748 km²,^[3] and its population is 20,087 (2022).^[1] Its elevation is 1,070 m (3,510 ft).

The town of Sivrihisar lies 13 km (8.1 mi) north of the historical site of Pessinus, at the foot of a high double-peaked ridge of granite, which bears the ruins of ancient Spaleia and a later Byzantine castle, which gives the town its name (sivri "sharp, pointed", hisar "fortress, castle"). It is located at the intersection of the E-90 and E-96 routes.

As of 1920, Sivrihisar was producing knitting clothing.^[4]

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Sivrihisar District:^[5]

• Moushegh IshkhananArmenian poet, writer and educator.
• Nasreddin Hoca was born in Hortu village of Sivrihisar.^[6]
• Yunus Emre was born in Sivrihisar.

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  Sivrihisar Clock Tower
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  Interior of the historical Grand Mosque of Sivrihisar
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  Backside view of the Holy Trinity Church, 1881
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  North American Aviation P-51 Mustang of the US Air Force and other airworthy aircraft on display in the M.S.Ö. Air & Space Museum

• Monument of Sivrihisar Airplane
• Sivrihisar Aviation Center

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sivrihisar.

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Sivri-Hissar".

• District governor's official website (in Turkish)
• Local guide to Sivrihisar (in Turkish and English)
• "General information on Sivrihisar, Eskişehir" (in Turkish). Governorship of Eskişehir, Turkey. Archived from the original on 2009-03-08.
• "Environmental Status Report for Eskişehir Province" (PDF) (in Turkish). Governorship of Eskişehir, Directorate of Provincial Environment and Forestry. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-05.

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