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Hopa District
Hopa District is a Districts of Turkey, district of Artvin Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Hopa.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 130 km2, and its population is 28,136 (2021). In 2017, the Kemalpaşa District, Artvin, Kemalpaşa District was created from part of Hopa District. Composition There is one municipality in Hopa District: * Hopa There are 16 villages of Turkey, villages in Hopa District:Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopa
Hopa ( Laz and , Hamshen ) is a city and district of Artvin Province in northeast Turkey. It is located on the eastern Turkish Black Sea coast about from the city of Artvin and 18 kilometres from the border with Georgia. Geography Hopa is on the Black Sea Coast from Artvin and from the Sarp border crossing (into Sarpi) on the Georgian border. The land climbs sharply from 10m above sea level in the coastal areas up into the Sultan Selim Mountains, the hillsides are well watered and green with alder, chestnuts, hornbeams and other deciduous trees. The highest point is Mt Yavuz Sultan Selim at 1513m. The climate is mild and wet, although only July and August are warm enough to be called summer. There is annual snowfall in winter. History The area was part of the kingdom of Colchis but was always vulnerable to invasions, first the Scythians from across the Caucasus, then the Muslim armies led by Habib, son of Caliph Uthman who controlled the area from 853 AD to 1023 when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |