Sivrihisar district

Sivrihisar is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,748 km2, and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is .

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Sivrihisar
Turkey place.image_skyline: Sivrihisar, Eskişehir 01.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: View of the town with mountain range in the background
Turkey place.image_map: Eskişehir location Sivrihisar.svg
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Sivrihisar District in Eskişehir Province
Turkey place.province: Eskişehir
Turkey place.leader_party: CHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Habil Dökmeci
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 2748
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1070
Turkey place.population_total

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Notable natives
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Sivrihisar is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,748 km2, and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is .

==Location== The town of Sivrihisar lies 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 interchange of the E-90 and E-96 routes.