Location | Çorum Province, Turkey |
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Region | Anatolia |
Coordinates | 40°15′18.03″N 35°14′9.70″E / 40.2550083°N 35.2360278°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Cultures | Hittite |
Site notes | |
Condition | In ruins |
Sapinuwa (sometimes Shapinuwa; Hittite: Šapinuwa) was a Bronze Age Hittite city at the location of modern Ortaköy in the province Çorum in Turkey about 70 kilometers east of the Hittite capital of Hattusa. It was one of the major Hittite religious and administrative centres, a military base and an occasional residence of several Hittite kings. The palace at Sapinuwa is discussed in several texts from Hattusa.