Salihli, which is located on the İzmir - Ankara road, is surrounded by Alaşehir, Kula in the east, Demirci, Köprübaşı and Gördes in the north, Gölmarmara and Ahmetli in the west and Ödemiş district in the south. 

Although the fossil footprints around Sindel and Çarıklar villages near the reservoir, where the history of the region dates back to ancient times, are the oldest known settlements, Sardes, 7 km west of Salihli. B.C. Lydian territory until 547 years, the region passed into the hands of the Persians on this date and BC. It remained under Persian rule until 334. After this date, respectively, Macedonia, Bergama, Roman and Byzantine domination of the region, the Saruhanoğulları in the beginning of the 1300s, the Ottoman Empire in 1400, under the rule of the Sart, was an accident due to the Sanjak of Aydın. The district center of the village, which was named after Veled-i Salih (Salihoğlu), which was a village of Sart District at that time, showed a faster development than Sart in time and the town of Saruhan Sanjak in 1872. We see that. Salihli, which was one of the largest districts of Manisa after the renaming of the Sanjak of Saruhan in 1927, was occupied between 24 June 1920 and 5 September 1922.The economy of the district is based on agriculture, soil industry, leather and trade. Agricultural products that are important in the district economy are cereals, grapes, cotton and tobacco. Fish production is carried out in Marmara Lake and Demirköprü Dam. Industry is also developing in the district, which has an important place in commercial terms.