Güneykaya, Yıldızeli

Municipality in Sivas, Turkey

40°08′42″N 36°48′49″E / 40.14500°N 36.81361°E / 40.14500; 36.81361CountryTurkeyProvinceSivasDistrictYıldızeliPopulation

(2022)^[1]

1,347Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Güneykaya is a town (belde) in the Yıldızeli District, Sivas Province, Turkey.^[2] Its population is 1,347 (2022).^[1]

It is possibly the site of the ancient town of Pedachtoë.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Rizos, Efthymios (2017). "The Greek Life and Martyrdom of Athenogenes". Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity. University of Oxford. Retrieved 2024-09-12. This extensive version of the Martyrdom of Athenogenes is the earliest extant textual expression of a cult based at the village of Pedachthoe (modern Güneykaya, in Ottoman times known as Bedohtun) in the mountainous region north of Sebasteia/Sebaste (modern Sivas).