Karabiga

Coordinates: 40°24′13″N 27°18′14″E / 40.40361°N 27.30389°E / 40.40361; 27.30389
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Karabiga
Municipality
Karabiga is located in Turkey
Karabiga
Karabiga
Location in Turkey
Karabiga is located in Marmara
Karabiga
Karabiga
Karabiga (Marmara)
Coordinates: 40°24′13″N 27°18′14″E / 40.40361°N 27.30389°E / 40.40361; 27.30389
CountryTurkey
ProvinceÇanakkale
DistrictBiga
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
2,962
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Karabiga

Ancient Greek: Πρίαπος).[6]

History

Originally a town of

Geographer of Ravenna.[14]

Under the Eastern Roman Empire, the town was known as Pegae or Pegai (Πηγαί)[15] and was the site of a Byzantine fortress.[16]

During the

his attempt to keep the area from the Turkish nationalists. He was killed just outside Karabiga in April 1921 by Turkish nationalists aligned with Arnavud Rahman.[17]

References

  1. ^
    TÜİK
    . Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ^ Karabiğa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ Karabuga (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. ^ Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  5. ^ Karabiğa Limanı (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. ^ Priapus (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  7. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Priapus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  8. ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p. 587. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  9. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 8.107.
  10. Campaigns of Alexander
    I, 13
  11. ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 1.19.
  12. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.24, 5.40.
  13. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Πρίαπος.
  14. ^ Ravenna Cosmography 2.18.
  15. ISBN 978-0-385-51023-3
  16. ISBN 978-0-299-10744-4
  17. ISBN 978-0-19-956152-0


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