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Sapinuwa

Western Asia

Sapinuwa was a Bronze Age Hittite city at the site of modern Ortaköy, in Çorum province, Turkey, about 70 kilometres east of the Hittite capital Hattusa. It served as one of the Hittite civilization major religious and administrative centres, as well as a military base and occasional royal residence, and its palace is discussed in several texts found at Hattusa.

Facts
Latitude
40.252778 degrees north 1
Longitude
35.2375 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Sapinuwa (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 40.252778, longitude 35.2375
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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Wikidata: Sapinuwa
Wikidata Q3620, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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