Uşak, Aegean Region, Türkiye

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🇹🇷 Uşak is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city is the capital of Uşak Province. The city was previously known by its Greek name of Ousakeion/Ουσάκειον.

Uşak city is situated at a distance of 210 km (130 mi) from İzmir, the region's principal metropolitan centre and port city. Benefiting from its location at the crossroads of the Central Anatolian plateau and the coastal Aegean Region, and from a climate and agricultural production incorporating elements of both of these zones, Uşak has also traditionally had a strong industrial base. Uşak was the first city in Turkey to have an urban electricity network, and the first city where a collective labor relations agreement was signed, during the Ottoman era, between leather industry employees and workers. It was here that the first factory of Republican Turkey, a sugar refinery, was set up through a private sector initiative among local businessmen. The tradition of industriousness continues today around two industrial zones.

History The first known organized states to have ruled over the region of present-day Uşak were the Phrygians in the eastern portion and the Lydians in the west during the seventh century BC. The Karun Treasure, discovered by clandestine treasure hunters in Uşak in 1965, and whose smuggling outside Turkey and subsequent retrieval decades later from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art made international headlines, gives an indication of the high degree of civilization attained by these Anatolian states. The region of Lydia was later taken over by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BC and by Alexander the Great and his successors as of the 4th century. Thereafter, Uşak was ruled successively by the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Seljuks, the Germiyanids and finally the Ottoman Empire (as of 1429).

Later, following Turkish conquest and domination over the area, the city became known by its Turkish name of Uşak; which means "servant". From 1867 until 1922, Uşak was part of Hüdavendigâr vilayet.

Uşak was occupied by the Greek Army between 28 August 1920 and 1 September 1922. During the Greek retreat, Greek general Nikolaos Trikoupis was captured near Uşak at the village of Göğem, today buried under a dam reservoir.

Uşak was a district centre within Kütahya Province until 1953, when Uşak Province was constituted and Uşak became its provincial capital.

Economic history At least since the 17th century there was trade between Uşak and the Dutch republic as reflected in the rug shown thrown over the bannister in Vermeer's painting "The Procuress". The rug was probably produced in Uşak, covers a third of the painting and shows medallions and leaves.

In the early 20th century, mercury was discovered in Uşak. The town also manufactured carpet.

Among other district centres in Uşak Province, Banaz is the largest and is notable for its varied agricultural production as well as for its forests, while Ulubey's canyon is a natural site attracting many visitors.

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Uşak has a population of over 252,000 people. Uşak also forms the centre of the wider Uşak Province which has a population of over 369,433 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Uşak has links with:

🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan 🇹🇷 Besni, Turkey 🇧🇪 Charleroi, Belgium 🇰🇿 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 🇩🇪 Offenbach, Germany
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Antipodal to Uşak is: -150.592,-38.682

Locations Near: Uşak 29.4082,38.6823

🇹🇷 Kütahya 29.98,39.419 d: 95.7  

🇹🇷 Dinar 30.15,38.067 d: 94.2  

🇹🇷 Denizli 29.083,37.767 d: 105.7  

🇹🇷 Afyonkarahisar 30.533,38.75 d: 97.9  

🇹🇷 Afyonkarasihar 30.533,38.75 d: 97.9  

🇹🇷 Burdur 30.283,37.717 d: 131.8  

🇹🇷 Nazilli 28.317,37.9 d: 129  

🇹🇷 Bozüyük 30.033,39.9 d: 145.7  

🇹🇷 İnegöl 29.525,40.088 d: 156.6  

🇹🇷 Osmangazi 29.167,40.117 d: 160.8  

Antipodal to: Uşak -150.592,-38.682

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17661.8  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16960.7  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16660.4  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16557  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13503.6  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13381.7  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13363.7  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13362.5  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13361.9  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13302.6  

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