Karacabey

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Karacabey
Karacabey
Coordinates: 40°13′N 28°21′E / 40.217°N 28.350°ECoordinates: 40°13′N 28°21′E / 40.217°N 28.350°E
Country  Turkey
Province Bursa
Area[1]
 • District 1,296.68 km2 (500.65 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
 • Urban 55,264
 • District 79,757
 • District density 62/km2 (160/sq mi)

Karacabey is a town and district of Bursa Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located just west of the Simav River near its confluence with the Adirnaz River.

Karacabey is an industrial area as well as an agricultural one. It is known as the plantation area of a special variety of onions. There are many famous food factories around Karacabey such as Nestle and many varieties of vegetables and fruits are planted in Karacabey. There is a lake near it called Uluabat. The Marmara Sea is 32 km north.

The town is named for a soldier during the Ottoman Empire Era. The former name of the town was Mikalick[3] (Turkish: Mihaliç), after which a cheese was named, while its ancient name was Miletopolis (Greek: Μιλητόπολις). Miletopolis was apparently the chief settlement of a people called the Milatæ, whose name was hellenized to suggest a Milesian colony. Its people colonized Gargara.[4]

Miletopolis was a suffragan of Cyzicus until the 12th or 13th century. Around the end of the twelfth, it united with Lopadium as an archbishopric.[4] There are two historical mosques in Karacabey, one from the 14th century.

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References

  1. ↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ↑ Hazlitt, W. The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane. "Macestus." Whittaker & Co. (London), 1851. Accessed 4 Sept 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pétridès, S. The Catholic Encyclopedia. "Miletopolis." Robert Appleton Company (New York), 1911. Accessed 4 Sept 2011.

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