Afyonkarahisar Province ( tr, ), also called more simply Afyon Province, is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

in western Turkey. Adjacent provinces are

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to the northwest,

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to the west,

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to the southwest,

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to the south,

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to the southeast,

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to the east, and

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to the north. The provincial capital is

Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar (, tr, afyon "poppy, opium", ''kara'' "black", ''hisar'' "fortress") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along t ...

. It covers an area of 14,230 km², and the population is about 744,179 as of 2021.

Districts

Afyonkarahisar province is divided into 18

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* Başmakçı * Bayat *

Bolvadin Bolvadin ( Ancient Greek: Πολύβοτον/Πολύβοτος and Latin: ''Polybotum''/''Polybotus'') is a city of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Bolvadin District.Çay Çay is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on th ...

Çobanlar Çobanlar ( grc, Αναβωρα, ''Anabora'') is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It lies in a plain 25 km east of the city of Afyon. It is the seat of Çobanlar District.Dazkırı *

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* Emirdağ *

Evciler Evciler is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, on a plain in the mountains behind the Aegean coast, 132 km from the city of Afyon along the road to Denizli. It is the seat of Evciler District.

* Hocalar *

İhsaniye İhsaniye is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. The mayor is Halit Aşkar ( AKP). Settlements * Ablak, İhsaniye * Ayazini, İhsaniye * Aşağıtandır, İhsaniye * Basırlar, İhsaniye * Bayramalile ...

* İscehisar * Kızılören * Sandıklı * Sinanpaşa *

Sultandağı Sultandağı is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sultandağı District.Şuhut

Population

The population of Afyonkarahisar Province is majority Turkish and

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of the

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sect.

Health

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is a chronic problem in the province.

Gallery

Image:AfyonBurgberg.jpg, Afyonkarahisar castle hill Image:AyazinGräber.jpg, Rock tombs in the village of Ayazin Image:Afyon-Kocatepe'den Görünüm.jpg, Countryside from Kocatepe hill

References

External links

Afyonkarahisar governor's official website

Afyonkarahisar municipality's official website

Pictures of the capital of Afyonkarahisar province. With old Fortress of Opium, nice old centre.
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