Kızılca is a village in
Bor District of
Niğde Province,
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 ...
. Its population is 1,050 (2022). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde''). It is situated in
Central Anatolia
The Central Anatolia Region ( tr, İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara. Other big cities are Konya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Sivas, and Aksaray.
Located in Central Turkey, it is bordered ...
n plains. Distance to Bor is 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 . The settlement was founded in 1700s by a
Turkmen
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
Peoples Historical ethnonym
* Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages
Ethnic groups
* Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...
tribe from
Dulkadir Eyalet
Dulkadir Eyalet ( ota, ایالت ذو القادریه / دولقادر, Eyālet-i Ẕū l-Ḳādirīye / Ḍūlḳādir) or Marash Eyalet ( tr, Maraş Eyaleti ) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was .
...
(east of present location) upon
Ottoman sultan's decree. In 1956 it was declared a seat of township. The major economic activity is agriculture.
Main crops are cereals, apple, potato and sugar beet. Animal husbandry is a secondary activity
References
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Villages in Bor District, Niğde