Koyunlu is a small town in

Niğde Province Niğde Province ( tr, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the southern part of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Population is 341,412 (2013 est) of which 141,360 live in the city of Niğde. The population was 348,081 in 2000 and 305,861 in 1990. It ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It is situated at . Its distance to

Niğde Niğde (; grc, Νίγδη; Hittite: Nahita, Naxita) is a city and the capital of Niğde province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey at an elevation of 1,299 m. In 2017 the city population was 141,010 people. The city is small with plenty ...

is . Its population was 1422 Its elevation is The town was founded 600 years ago. The former name of the town was ''Adırmusun''. According to legend the name of the town refers to a certain Adil who founded the town. Main economic activities are agriculture and animal husbandry. (In fact the current name of the town refers to sheep) Previously Koyunlu produced hand-woven carpets. In 1972, the Koyunlu carpet factory was founded by Birko, which was owned by Koyunlu people in 1972.Factory page
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{{Authority control Populated places in Niğde Province Towns in Turkey