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Castabala (city)
37.1774° N, 36.1874° E
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Castabala (Greek: Καστάβαλα), also known as Hieropolis and Hierapolis (Greek: Ίεράπολις) was a city in Cilicia (modern southern Turkey), near the Ceyhan River (ancient Pyramus). The Turkish town of Kırmıtlı, in the Osmaniye district of Osmaniye Province, is about 3 miles wsw of the ancient city. The ruins were first identified from inscriptions in March 1890 by the British explorer J. Theodore Bent.
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Capital under Tarcondimotus
1st century BC
Ruins identified by explorer
March 1890
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