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Gördes district

Gördes is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 902 km2, and its population is 26,458 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

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Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Gördes
Turkey place.image_skyline: Gördes Cadde - panoramio - adnan akyol (3).jpg
Turkey place.image_map: Manisa location Gördes.svg
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Gördes District in Manisa Province
Turkey place.province: Manisa
Turkey place.leader_party: CHP
Turkey place.leader_name: İbrahim Büke
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 902
Turkey place.elevation_m: 670
Turkey place.population_total: 26458
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 45750
Turkey place.area_code: 0236
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Csa

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Gördes is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 902 km2, and its population is 26,458 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

==History== Gördes has been held by the Persians, Macedonians, Roman and Byzantine empires, and in 1071AD passed to the Turks. From 1867 until 1922, Gördes was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.