Type: | municipality |
Banaz | |
Coordinates: | 38.7333°N 74°W |
Province: | Uşak |
District: | Banaz |
Leader Party: | AKP |
Leader Name: | Zafer Arpacı |
Elevation M: | 914 |
Population Total: | 16807 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Postal Code: | 64500 |
Area Code: | 0276 |
Banaz is a town in Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Banaz District.[1] Its population is 16,807 (2022).[2] The mayor is Zafer Arpacı (AKP). The town is situated on the main road from İzmir to Ankara, at a distance of 330NaN0 to the province seat of Uşak.
There is a village in Banaz District that carries the same name of "Banaz", lying at a distance of 4 km from the town. This is where the ancient site of the locality, called Panasion and from which the name Banaz derives, was actually located.