Dinar
Dinar, after a long period of being a village and town (GEYİKLER), became a municipality in 1874 and a district in 1908. Dinar’s known history dates back to 1200 BC. “Dinar” (Gelenia) was the most popular city of the Phrygian kingdom between 1200 and 546 BC. Everything was founded when Geleneios, one of the Ahiya princes who participated in the Trojan War, came to Central Anatolia and settled, and therefore took “Gelenia”. After Gelenia, in 281-288 BC, another commander named Dinar after his mother: “APEMEIA”. The name APEMEIA, which lasted until the last years of the Ottoman period, became “DEER” towards the end of the 1800s, and an English archaeologist named William Martin Leake, who came here in the 1860s, named DEER “Dinar” as a symbol of wealth and wealth.
Dinar, located in the Lakes region, is surrounded by the districts of Çivril, Kızılören, Sandıklı, Şuhut, Keçiborlu, Başmakçı, Dazkırı and Evciler. The average annual temperature is 12.6 degrees. The annual precipitation is 450 mm³. The least precipitation is in August with 9 mm³, and the rainiest months are December and May with 56 mm³. The district has a surface area of 1234 km² and is between 37°50′ – 38°20′ North Parallels and 29°58′ – 30°20′ East meridians. The average altitude of the district center is 860 meters. According to 2014 figures, the population of the district is 47,899. 24,842 of this population live in the district center and 23,042 live in villages and towns. There are 2 municipalities and 56 villages in our district.
Dinar is a crossroads for both road and rail. The Antalya-Denizli, Antalya-Afyonkarahisar, and Denizli-Afyonkarahisar highways, as well as the Denizli-Eskişehir-Istanbul railway line, pass through Dinar. This location increases Dinar’s importance in terms of transportation. By road, it is 9 hours from Istanbul, 6 hours from Ankara, 6 hours from Izmir, 3 hours from Antalya, 1.5 hours from Afyonkarahisar, 1.5 hours from Denizli, and 45 minutes from Isparta. It is 20 minutes from Süleyman Demirel Airport and 40 minutes from Çardak Airport.
Due to its deep-rooted history, the settlement has a developed social and cultural structure. The inhabitants are particularly devoted to their land and have a well-developed cultural heritage. A well-developed folklore culture is also prominent. The Pantheon (temple of the gods), the Temple of Artemis Anaitis, the theater, the agora (marketplace), and the stadium, along with Suçıkanı, Pınarbaşı, the Karakuyu Bird Sanctuary, the Norgaz Forest Picnic Area, and the Cerit and Zenderi Plateaus, are among the district’s attractions.