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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 .

Key facts

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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Official website

Gördes Belediye Başkanlığı - Manisa

Gördes Belediye Başkanlığı Resmi Web Sitesi

gordes.bel.tr

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Composition
  • Economy
  • Notable Natives
  • References
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gördes district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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