Kula is a town and district of

Manisa Province Manisa Province ( tr, ) is a province in western Turkey. Its neighboring provinces are İzmir to the west, Aydın to the south, Denizli to the southeast, Uşak to the east, Kütahya to the northeast, and Balıkesir to the north. The city of Ma ...

in the Aegean region of

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. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 52,986 of which 24,217 live in the town of Kula. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of .

Economy

As of 1920, Kula's main industry was

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making.

Yanıkyöre volcanic rock formations

The district is renowned for the cone-shaped

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formations, numbering at about eighty, in the nearby Yanıkyöre (literally ''the burnt land'') area, also sometimes still referred to, including in Turkey, under the

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name of ''

Katakekaumene Katakekaumene or Catacecaumene ( el, Κατακεκαυμένη) was a name for a district in Lydia (modern western Turkey), and a union of ten cities in the area, during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The name means "burnt land" or "burnt ...

'', which has the same meaning. Increasingly brought to the attention of a wider public in recent years as a natural curiosity, other recently coined terms to describe the area include "

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revo ...

of the

Aegean Region, Turkey The Aegean Region () is one of the 7 geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir. Other big cities are Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya. Located in western Turkey, it is bordered by ...

" or even "Kuladocia". KulaPeribacalari

Kula Volcanic Geopark Kula Volcanic Geopark, also known as Kula Geopark, ( tr, Kula Volkanik Jeoparkı or ''Kula Jeoparkı'') is a geopark, a protected area of geological heritage, located in Kula, Manisa, western Turkey. It was recognized by UNESCO as a UNESCO Global ...

was accepted and certificated by

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on 6 September 2013 at 37th UNESCO general conference in Naples. So that Kula Volcanic Geopark joined UNESCO Global Geopark Network. Also this patent became the first geopark of Turkey, 58th geopark in Europe, and 96th geopark in the world.

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* {{Coord, 38, 32, 45, N, 28, 38, 58, E, display=title, region:TR_type:city Populated places in Manisa Province Districts of Manisa Province

Economy

Yanıkyöre volcanic rock formations

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