Abana is a town and district of the

Kastamonu Province Kastamonu Province ( tr, ) is one of the provinces of Turkey, in the Black Sea region to the north of the country. It is surrounded by Sinop to the east, Bartın, Karabük to the west, Çankırı to the south, Çorum to the southeast and the ...

in the

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region of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. It is to the north-east of the province, on the shore of the

. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 3583 of which 2,872 live in the town of Abana. The district covers an area of , and the highest elevation is . Abana's coastline is 11 km long, of which 7 km is a natural sand beach, making the district a popular summer resort for the region.

History

Abana is the oldest town of Kastamonu, once a part of

Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, Paphlagonía, modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; tr, Paflagonya) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus (region), Pontus t ...

, the town was ruled by the

Danishmend The Danishmendids or Danishmends ( fa, دودمان دانشمند; tr, Dânişmendliler) was a Turkish beylik that ruled in north-central and eastern Anatolia from 1071/1075 to 1178. The dynasty centered originally around Sivas, Tokat, an ...

s, the

Seljuk Turks The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; fa, سلجوقیان ''Saljuqian'', alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turk ...

, the Jandarid dynasty, and finally Ottomans. It was made a district of the Kastamonu province in 1945.

Transportion

Abana can be easily reached from Kastamonu via Devrakani and Bozkurt.

Neighbourhoods

* Akçam * Altıkulaç * Denizbükü * Elmaçukuru * Göynükler * Kadıyusuf * Yakabaşı * Yemeni * Yeşilyuva * Çampınar

Gallery

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References

External links

District governor's official website
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