Kavaklıdere is a municipality and

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Muğla Province Muğla Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's southwestern corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1 ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 302 km², and its population is 10,909 (2022). It is notable for its

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and

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. It is the finest-grained foliated metamorphic ro ...

industry and the vast forests extending across the district. Its marbles exported to

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are usually re-exported by that country under Italian labels. Formerly a township part of Yatağan District, it was made into a separate district in 1990. Its first prefect (or

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), for three years, was Eyüp Sabri Kartal.

Composition

There are 15

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in Kavaklıdere District: * Bakırcılar * Çamlıbel * Çamlıyurt * Çatak * Çavdır * Çayboyu * Cumhuriyet * Derebağ * Kurucaova * Menteşe * Nebiler * Ortaköy * Salkım * Yeni * Yeşilköy

Eğitim

There are 1 kindergarten, 6 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, 2 high schools, 1 public education center affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the district.

References

External links

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website
Populated places in Muğla Province Districts of Muğla Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Muğla-geo-stub