Karabiga
{{redir|Pegae|the harbour town of ancient Megaris|Pagae|the ancient Greek city at Thrace|Pegae (Thrace)}}
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = municipality
| name = Karabiga
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| coordinates = {{coord|40|24|13|N|27|18|14|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| province = Çanakkale
| district = Biga
| population_total = 2962
| population_as_of = 2021
|elevation_m = 16
}}
Karabiga{{GEOnet2|32FA883E458D3774E0440003BA962ED3|Karabiğa (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Karabuga{{GEOnet2|32FA883E458A3774E0440003BA962ED3|Karabuga (Variant)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is a town (belde) in the Biga District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Belde Belediyesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306001414/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2023-03-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 2,962 (2021).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021|url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=1 March 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=tr |format=XLS}} It is located at the mouth of the Biga River, on a small east-facing bay, known as Karabiga Bay.{{GEOnet2|32FA883E45883774E0440003BA962ED3|Karabiğa Limanı (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Its ancient name was Priapus or Priapos ({{langx|grc|Πρίαπος}}).{{GEOnet2|32FA883E45893774E0440003BA962ED3|Priapus (Variant)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
History
Originally a town of ancient Mysia, it was a colony of Miletus or of Cyzicus.{{DGRG|title=Priapus|inline=1}} It had a good harbour. Strabo mentions that the area produced fine wine and that the god Priapus gave the town its ancient name.{{Cite Strabo|xiii. p. 587}} Thucydides mentions the town as a naval station.{{Cite Thucydides|8.107}} Arrian reports that in 334 BCE Alexander the Great sent Panegorus to take possession of the city and the city surrendered without contest, prior to the Battle of Granicus.Arrian Campaigns of Alexander I, 13 Besides the aforementioned authors, the town was noted by numerous ancient writers and geographers including Pomponius Mela,{{Cite Mela|1.19}} Pliny the Elder,{{Cite Pliny|4.24, 5.40}} Stephanus of Byzantium,{{Cite Stephanus|s.v. Πρίαπος}} and the Geographer of Ravenna.Ravenna Cosmography 2.18.
Under the Eastern Roman Empire, the town was known as Pegae or Pegai (Πηγαί)Norwich, John Julius (2006) The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean Doubleday, New York, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lN4ouZAUSrMC&pg=PT103 page 103], {{ISBN|978-0-385-51023-3}} and was the site of a Byzantine fortress.Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. and Zacour, Norman P. (1980) A History of the Crusades: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TKaPrQPFIAMC&pg=PA241 page 241], {{ISBN|978-0-299-10744-4}}
During the Allied occupation following World War I, Karabiga was part of the lands that were claimed by Anzavur Ahmed Pasha in his attempt to keep the area from the Turkish nationalists. He was killed just outside Karabiga in April 1921 by Turkish nationalists aligned with Arnavud Rahman.Gingeras, Ryan (2009) Sorrowful Shores: Violence, ethnicity, and the end of the Ottoman Empire, 1912-1923 Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, pages [https://books.google.com/books?id=EeIunm2zH44C&pg=PA106 106] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=EeIunm2zH44C&pg=PA118 118], {{ISBN|978-0-19-956152-0}}
References
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Category:Populated places in Çanakkale Province
Category:Fishing communities in Turkey
Category:Town municipalities in Turkey
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