Kumkale is a village in

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Geography

Kumkale is located at , in the central district of

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. It is within the National Park of Troy. (

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is an ancient city included in the

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.) Its distance to Çanakkale is . The population of the village was 1075 as of 2019.

History

According to some historians this village might be the starting place of

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's campaign in

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in the 4th century BC. Kumkale was a prosperous village before the

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. But during the early phases of the Gallipoli Campaign, the village was evacuated because of French troops landing on the beach of the village. (See Battle of Kumkale.) After the war the village was not repopulated. However in 1928 some people began to settle in a location slightly to the east of the former village. The former name of this new village was Mısırlık, But then the name Kumkale came into use. When the Turkish minority in

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was expelled from Bulgaria a number of families were settled in Kumkale and the town was declared the seat of its township in 1992. However during the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation its stature was changed to that of a village.

Economy

The major economic activity of the settlement is agriculture. Tomatoes are the most important product. Cotton and sunflowers are also produced.Çanakkale Mayor's page
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References

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