Eskipazar is a town and district of Karabük Province in the

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region of

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. According to the 2000 census, the population of the district was 16,365, of whom 8,457 lived in the town of Eskipazar. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of . It separated from Çerkeş district to become a district in its own right in 1945. It was a district in Çankırı Province until 1995. The Ankara-Zonguldak railway passes through the district.

History

The city was founded about 1300 BC by the

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. It became part of the

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in the 1st century BC, and its name was changed to Hadrianopolis ( el, Ἁδριανούπολις), better known as Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia, in the 2nd century AD. The city was captured by Emir Karatekin, along with

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, and named Viranşehir. The name was changed to Eskipazar during the

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. In 2018, during archaeological excavations discovered one of the earliest

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es in Anatolia. According to a member of Karabük University's archaeology department it dates back to the mid-5th century.Turkish archaeologists find 1,500-year-old church
/ref> File:Eskipazar Saat Kulesi.jpg, Eskipazar Clock Tower, 2013 File:Eskipazar street art.jpg, Street art in Eskipazar, 2013 File:Water fountain in Eskipazar.jpg, Water fountain in Eskipazar, 2013

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References

External links

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website

Brief information on Eskipazar
Populated places in Karabük Province Districts of Karabük Province {{Karabük-geo-stub