Boraboy is a mountain town with a beautiful lake, Lake Boraboy. Distance to Taşova is and to Amasya is . The settled population was 819 as of 2013.
History and etymology
Although no written documents exist about ancient Boraboy, there are a few ruins around the town. In a document dated 1257, early
Turkmen
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
Peoples Historical ethnonym
* Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages
Ethnic groups
* Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...
settlers around Boraboy had been mentioned. According to the town page, the origin of the name Boraboy may either be a certain Bora Bey, a leader of Turkmen tribe or the Greek wind god Boreas. The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1971. Between 1964 and 1994 the town was also called ''Gölbeyli'' ("lake lord").
Economy
Product range in agriculture is quite wide, the most important products being apple, pear and sugar cane. Trout farming and beekeeping as well as flour production are among the secondary activities.