Turkey

Kildara

Ancient Carian polis in Anatolia

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Kildara (Ancient Greek: Κιλδαρα) or Killara (Κιλλαρα) was a town of ancient Caria. It was a polis (city-state) and was in a sympoliteia with Theangela and Thodosa. Kildara is the find-spot of one inscription in the Carian language using a unique local type of Carian script. Its site is located near Asardağ, Asiatic Turkey.

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Coordinates

37.18° N, 27.69° E