Şarkikaraağaç
| Şarkikaraağaç | |
|---|---|
 Şarkikaraağaç
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| Coordinates: 38°04′49″N 31°21′57″E / 38.08028°N 31.36583°ECoordinates: 38°04′49″N 31°21′57″E / 38.08028°N 31.36583°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Province | Isparta |
| District | Şarkikaraağaç |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | İsa Çarkacı |
| • Kaymakam | Okan Leblebiciler |
| Area | |
| • District | 827.37 km2 (319.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 9,747 |
| • District | 26,648 |
| • District density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| Post code | 32800 |
| Website | www |
Şarkikaraağaç is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia (Asian Turkey). It is the site of Ancient city and bishopric Hadrianopolis in Pisidia, which remain a Latin Catholic titular see.
Şarki means west, kara means black and ağaç means tree.
The population is 9,849 as of 2010.
Hadrianopolis (in Pisidia) was important enough in the late Roman province of Pisidia to become one of the suffragan bishoprics of the Metropolitan of the capital Antioch, but was to fade.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin titular bishopric.
It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :
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