Gölova is a town and a district of
Sivas Province
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of
Turkey
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. The mayor is İbrahim Yenidünya (
AKP). The name "Gölova" means "lake-plain".
Historically known as Ağvanis, Gölova is located on top of a hill on the edge of the
Refahiye plateau and also overlooking the
SuÅŸehri plain to the west.
To the south are small lakes where water from the
Çobanlı Su's tributaries collects.
These lakes water a meadow area called SuÅŸehir ("water-city"; not to be confused with the SuÅŸehri plain to the west), which was historically a stopping place for armies and travelers in general.
In
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
the town is spelled Axvanîs.
Gölova is likely equivalent to the ancient Roman settlement known as Olotoedariza in the
Antonine Itinerary
The Antonine Itinerary ( la, Itinerarium Antonini Augusti, "The Itinerary of the Emperor Antoninus") is a famous ''itinerarium'', a register of the stations and distances along various roads. Seemingly based on official documents, possibly ...
and Aladaleariza in the 4th-century ''
Notitia Dignitatum
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''.
This was the base of a cavalry unit called the Ala Rizena.
The etymology of both these names, along with the modern name of AÄŸvanis, may be from the
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
word ''ełigi'', meaning "marsh".
See also
*
Gölova Dam
References
Districts of Sivas Province
Populated places in Sivas Province
Roman sites in Turkey
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