Işıklar

Işıklar

Işıklar

Municipality in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

For other uses, see Işıklar (disambiguation).

Işıklar (literally "lights") is a town (belde) and municipality in the Afyonkarahisar District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 7,427 (2021).[2] It is situated on Turkish state highway D.300 close to the Sugar refinery of Afyon. The distance to Afyon is 18 kilometres (11 mi).

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Before the advance of motor vehicles, Işıklar was a stop in caravan routes and the name of the settlement may refer to its fire lights in that period.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Belde, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    "A personal page" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2012-04-09.


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