Çamardı is a quiet town and district of

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in the

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region of

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, at the foot of Aladağ in the

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and reached by winding mountain roads. Population is 15,245 of which 3,396 live in the town of Çamardı.Statistical Institute
Çamardı is well known with its being very green in the summer. Many people come to Çamardı in order to spend their summer holidays in a green and quiet place. Çamardı is one of the gross producers of apple. You can find many kinds of apples in Çamardı. Also, in the last couple of years, cherry becomes one of the few mainstays of Çamardı. One of the well known families of Çamardı is the Köse Family. Çamardı is a thickly wooded district in this relatively dry region and is known for its apples, and also attracts visitors to walk and climb the

Aladağlar The Anti-Taurus Mountains (from el, Αντίταυρος) are a mountain range in southern and eastern Turkey, curving northeast from the Taurus Mountains. At , Mount Erciyes ( Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the ran ...

, which can be accessed from the villages of Demirkazık and Çukurbağ. The river Ecemiş runs through Çamardı.

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