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Ulukışla District
Ulukışla District is a district of the Niğde Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Ulukışla.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its area is 1,375 km2, and its population is 18,983 (2022). Composition There is one municipality in Ulukışla District: * Ulukışla There are 38 villages in Ulukışla District:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulukışla
Ulukışla is a town and district of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It covers an area of 1,502 km², and the altitude is 1,427 m. Population is 22,728 of which 5,594 live in the town of Ulukışla. The town of Ulukışla lies in a valley between the Medetsiz and Bolkar ranges of the Taurus Mountains, throughout history an important crossing from the Mediterranean to the plains of Konya and other parts of central Anatolia. This is a mountainous district and minerals including gold, silver, lead, coal and limestone have been mined here over the centuries. The climate is dry and the vegetation typical of the dry steppes of central Anatolia, summers are hot and dry, winters are cold and it snows. Wheat is grown in the valley. History There are burial mounds höyük and other signs of occupation going back to the Hittites and even earlier. The area was later occupied by Phrygians, and Romans. the tomb of Faustina the Younger, wife of Emperor Marcus Aure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeniyıldız
Yeniyıldız is a village in Ulukışla District of Niğde Province. Its population is 660 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town ('' belde''). '' Official Gazette'', 6 December 2012 . Distance to Ulukışla is and to Niğde
Niğde (; grc, Νίγδη; Hittite: Nahita, Naxita) is a city and the capital of Niğde province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey at an elevation of 1,299 m. In 2017 the city population was 141,010 people.
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Toraman, Ulukışla
Toraman is a village in Ulukışla ilçe (district) of Niğde Province, Turkey. Toraman has been identified as the site of ancient Faustinopolis Faustinopolis ( grc, Φαυστινόπολις), also Colonia Faustinopolis and Halala, was an ancient city in the south of Cappadocia, about 20 km south of Tyana. It was named after the empress Faustina, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, who died the .... Villages in Niğde Province {{Niğde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsuk, Ulukışla
Porsuk is a village in Ulukışla district Niğde Province, Turkey. Economy Agricultural products of the village are tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, onions, peppers, corn, peas, sunflowers, lentils, cabbage, cherry, sour cherry, apple, peach, pear, mulberry, blackberry, grape, walnut, plum, apricot. Village Society Old Porsuk village headmen: Ömer Erdem, Hacı Ali Güldür, Mulla Mehmet Ünal, Rıza Arıkan, İbrahim Zeki Erdem. At the present time, Ramazan Ünsal is the reeve since 2005. See also *Porsuk Inscription The Porsuk Inscription from Porsuk in south Turkey dates from Neo-Hittite times around the beginning of the first millennium BC and is engraved on a rectangular stone block. Discovery The stone was discovered before 1960 on the hill of Zeyve H ... References * Villages in Ulukışla District {{Niğde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madenköy
Madenköy (literally village of mines) is a village in Ulukışla District of Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 172 (2022). It is situated in high reaches in Toros Mountains. It is about to state highway D.750. Distance to Ulukışla is and to Niğde is . There is a small lake at the west of the village and the frog species Rana holtzi ''Rana holtzi'', also known as the Taurus frog, is a frog species of the Ranidae family endemic to Turkey, varying in size from 6.0 to 7.5cm.Mehmet Zülfü Yıldız & Bayram Göçmen (2012)Population dynamics, reproduction, and life history tra ... inhabits the shore of the lake. A mining company plans to open gold mines around the village . But villagers oppose the plan. See also * Karagöl References Villages in Ulukışla District {{Niğde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kılan, Ulukışla
Kılan (also known as ) is a village in Ulukışla District, Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,596 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town ('' belde''). '' Official Gazette'', 6 December 2012 . Probably the earliest settlement was established during the Roman Empire era. About 250 years ago, during the Ottoman Empire era, a Turkmen
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İmrahor, Ulukışla
İmrahor is a village in the Ulukışla District of Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 208 (2022). It is located near the ruins of the site of ancient Faustinopolis, which lies closer to the nearby village of Başmakçı. Fruit farming is the main source of living and the village is famous with its cherries and apples, but decreasing water resources have recently caused problems, including emigration of the younger generation from the village. The climate is dry and the vegetation typical of the dry steppes of central Anatolia, summers are hot and dry, winters are cold and it snows. Wheat is grown in the valley. History There are burial mounds, höyük and other signs of occupation going back to the Hittites and even earlier. The area was later occupied by Phrygians The Phrygians (Greek: Φρύγες, ''Phruges'' or ''Phryges'') were an ancient Indo-European speaking people, who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity. They were relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |