Sivaslı is a town and district of Uşak Province

Usak Province

Uşak is a province in western Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Manisa to the west, Denizli to the south, Afyon to the east, and Kütahya to the north. The provincial capital is Uşak, and its traffic code is 64. The province covers an area of 5,341 km² and has a population of 335,860...

 in the inner Aegean

Aegean Region

Aegean Region , is one of the 7 census-defined regions of Turkey, and in Western Asia.It is located in the west part of the country: bounded by Aegean Sea on the west; Marmara Region on the north;...

 region of Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. Sivaslı district area neighbors those of four other districts of the same province from north to south, clockwise Karahallı

Karahalli

Karahallı is a town and district of Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Karahallı district area neighbors those of two other districts of the same province to the north, namely Ulubey and Sivaslı, and to the south those of two districts depending Denizli Province which are Çivril...

, Ulubey

Ulubey

Ulubey may refer to;*Ulubey, Ordu, a district of Ordu Province, Turkey*Ulubey , Uşak, a district of Uşak Province, Turkey...

, Uşak

Usak

Uşak is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 180,414 and is the capital of Uşak Province. The mayor is Ali Erdoğan ....

 central district, and Banaz

Banaz

Banaz is a town and district of Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. The mayor is Tahsin Erdem . Banaz district area neighbors those of two other districts of the same province, namely Sivaslı and Uşak central district from its south to its west, ranges three districts of Kütahya...

 and ranges Sandıklı

Sandikli

Sandıklı is a town and a district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It has a population of 60.126 of which 33.144 live in the city centre according to the 2010 census. The mayor is İsmail Elibol ....

 district of Afyonkarahisar Province

Afyonkarahisar Province

Afyonkarahisar Province , also called more simply Afyon Province, is a province in western Turkey.Adjacent provinces are Kütahya to the northwest, Uşak to the west, Denizli to the southwest, Burdur to the south, Isparta to the southeast, Konya to the east, and Eskişehir to the north. The provincial...

 in the east and Çivril

Çivril

Çivril is a town and district of Denizli Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Çivril district area neighbors those of two districts of Uşak Province to its north, namely Sivaslı and Karahallı, and four districts of Afyonkarahisar Province from the north-east to the south which are,...

 district of Denizli Province

Denizli Province

Denizli Province is a province of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring provinces are Uşak to the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon to the east, Aydın, Manisa to the west and Muğla to the south. It is located between the coordinates 28° 30’ and 29° 30’ E and...

 in the southeast.

The district area is crossed by Banaz Stream and in contrast to other districts of Uşak Province, is not very very rich in terms of forest resources, its economy therefore relying almost exclusisely on agriculture. The region is famous for its strawberry

Strawberry

Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. Although it is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a mulch in cultivating the plants, the etymology of the word is uncertain. There...

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Sivaslı town lies at the 35th kilometer of Uşak-Denizli

Denizli

Denizli is a growing industrial city in the Southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about a hundred meters. Denizli is located in southwestern Turkey, in the country's Aegean Region.The city...

 interurban road at the foot of the Mount Bulkaz. Until 1953 it was a township depending Uşak, which itself was a district center depending Kütahya Province

Kütahya Province

Kütahya Province is a province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is 11,889 km² in size, and the population is 590,496 . In 1990, Kütahya had a population of 578,020.-Districts:...

 until that time. Sivaslı was made into a district at the same as Uşak's acquiring the status of province center and has today five townships with their own municipalities and 16 villages within its administrative area. Sivaslı center remains a small town of a few thousand inhabitants.

Sivaslı was formerly one of the numerous settlements that carried the name Sebaste

Sebaste

Sebaste was a common placename in classical Antiquity. Sebaste was the Greek equivalent of the Latin Augusta. Ancient towns by the name sought to honor Augustus or a later Roman emperor.- Places :* Elaiussa Sebaste in Mersin Province, Turkey...

and the ruins can still be seen near the town, although they remain unexplored.

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