Country Turkey Postal code 11130 Elevation 160 m Local time Sunday 8:57 PM Province Bilecik Province | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Licence plate 11 Population 3,101 (2013) Area code 228 | |
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District Bilecik central district Weather 11°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 66% Humidity | ||
Vezirhan halk cevab n verdi
Vezirhan is a belde (town) in Bilecik Province, Turkey. The name of the town refers to a caravansarai in the town.
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- Vezirhan halk cevab n verdi
- Map of Vezirhan Kayalar Mahallesi 11130 Vezirhan Belediyesi2FBilecik Merkez2FBilecik Turkey
- Vezirhan gen li i
- Geography
- History
- Economy
- References
Map of Vezirhan, Kayalar Mahallesi, 11130 Vezirhan Belediyesi%2FBilecik Merkez%2FBilecik, Turkey
Vezirhan gen li i
Geography
Vezirhan is a town in the central district of Bilecik Province. It is situated at 40°15′N 30°01′E, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north east of Bilecik. The population of village was 3101 as of 2013.
History
The town is very near to Söğüt where the Ottoman Empire was founded. But earliest reliable documents about the town are from the 17th century. According to these, the settlement was a part of Köprülü Mehmet Pasha’s (an Ottoman Grand vizier) possessions in 1661. Pasha commissioned a complex in the town (Turkish: külliye) which constituted a caravansarai, a mosque, a Turkish bath, a drinking water well and a bridge over the river. These were dedicated to travellers from İstanbul to Central Anatolia. There was also a church, a sign of Greek presence. But during the compulsory population exchange between Greece and Turkey (Turkish: mübadele) in 1920s, they left the town.
Economy
The main economic activities are agriculture and animal husbandry. But there are also some factories around the town such as paper, ceramics and moulding.