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Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one breath Kale-Tavas).

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Tavas
Turkey place.image_skyline
Tavas Genel Gorunus 2.JPG
Turkey place.image_map
Denizli location Tavas.png
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Tavas District in Denizli Province
Turkey place.province
Denizli
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP
Turkey place.leader_name
Kadir Tatık
Turkey place.area_total_km2
1432
Turkey place.elevation_m
941
Turkey place.population_total
40591
Turkey place.population_as_of
2024
Turkey place.postal_code
20500
Turkey place.area_code
0258

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Composition
  • Tavas today
  • References

Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one breath Kale-Tavas).

==History== The area has been occupied for a long time, proven by the presence of the mound of Medet Höyük, which appears to date back to the Bronze Age (but which has not been thoroughly excavated or researched). Many civilizations have settled here including the Hittites, Phrygians, Persians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.

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

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