Birgi
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Birgi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,832 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). Its current name is a turkified version of its medieval Greek name, Pyrgion (Greek: Πυργίον, meaning "Little Tower").
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- neighbourhood
- Turkey place.province
- İzmir
- Turkey place.district
- Ödemiş
- Turkey place.name
- Birgi
- Turkey place.population_total
- 1832
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Birgi de yanlız ev.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Ottoman era houses of Birgi
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 326
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 35750
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0232
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mahalle
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Ödemiş district
- Continent
- Asia
- Population
- 1869
- Elevation
- 326
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Capital of
- Beylik of Aydın
- Image
- Birgi ve tarihi taş evler 9.jpg
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- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- Commons category
- Birgi
- Turkey neighborhood ID
- 194467
- male population
- 910
- female population
- 959
- located in/on physical feature
- Aegean Region
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Bishopric
- Notable historic structures
- References
Birgi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ödemiş, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,832 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). Its current name is a turkified version of its medieval Greek name, Pyrgion (Greek: Πυργίον, meaning "Little Tower").
==History== In antiquity, the town was known as Dios Hieron (, 'Sanctuary of Zeus'), one of two cities thus named. The city became part of the Roman Republic and the Roman province of Asia with the annexation of the Kingdom of Pergamon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birgi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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