Harmanlı, Arsin
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Harmanlı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Arsin,
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,
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. Its population is 546 (2022). It is located 28 kilometers from
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, 8 kilometers from Arsin, and 8-9 kilometers from
Yomra Yomra (Greek: Γέμουρα) is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 200 km2, and its population is 47,283 (2022). The town lies on the Black Sea coast, east of the city of Trabzon. The mayor is Mustafa Bıyık ...
. The early name of Harmanlı was Varvara, referring to
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. It was a partly
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village at the beginning of the 20th century.Harmanlı
Index Anatolicus.


Economy

The economy is mostly based on agriculture. The main product is
hazelnut The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus '' Corylus'', especially the nuts of the species ''Corylus avellana''. They are also known as cobnuts or filberts according to ...
s and the income level is insufficient to survive. It is because of this that many people have emigrated from the village for economic opportunities.


References

Neighbourhoods in Arsin District {{Trabzon-geo-stub