Honaz

Honaz (known in antiquity as Colossae, in Byzantine period as Chonai) is a town and a district of Denizli Province in the Aegean Region. It covers an area of 504 km (195 sq mi). The population (as of 2010) was 9,830 (the central town) and 30,530 (including rural area). Honaz is about 20 km (12 mi) east of the city of Denizli on the slopes of the mountain of the same name - Mount Honaz (Honaz Dağı). The mountain is the highest peak in Turkey's Aegean Region (2517 m). Just north of Honaz is Honaz Stream (Honaz Çayı), known in ancient times as the River Lykos. In 500 BC Colossae was founded by the Phrygians, and then passed into the hands of the Ancient Greeks. Herodotus and Xenophon both record the passage of Greek and Persian armies...