Şuhut

Şuhut (Ottoman Turkish شهود Şuhūd; formerly Ancient Greek Σύνναδα Synnada) is a town in Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Şuhut District. Şuhut district has a total population of 35,492 according to the 2024 census. It lies in a small plain, 29 km east of the city of Afyon. The mayor is Muhittin Özaşkın (MHP).

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Şuhut
Turkey place.image_skyline: Şuhut.JPG
Turkey place.image_caption: City limit sign on the provincial road 03-26 from Afyonkarahisar.
Turkey place.province: Afyonkarahisar
Turkey place.district: Şuhut
Turkey place.leader_party: MHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Muhittin Özaşkın
Turkey place.population_total: 35,492
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2024
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Csb

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Instance of: district of Turkey
Country: Turkey
Located in: Afyonkarahisar Province
Continent: Asia
Official language: Turkish
Population: 36947
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Image: Atatürk'sHouseŞuhut (2).JPG

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urban population: 15054
Commons category: Şuhut
topic's main category: Category:Şuhut District
rural population: 21255
Köppen climate classification: humid subtropical climate
described by source: Oxford Classical Dictionary

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==History== Excavations of a burial mound at Kepirtepe show the plain has been settled since the Neolithic period. The town was established during the Hittite period and grew under the Romans, by then it was known as Synnada. See Synnada for details on the area in antiquity and for the ecclesiastical history of the town in the Byzantine period.

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