Gölhisar (Lakecastle) is a town and district of
Burdur Province in the
Mediterranean
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region of
Turkey
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.
History
During antiquity Golhisar was site of an ancient city called
Kibyra
Cibyra or Kibyra (Greek: ), also referred to as Cibyra Magna, was an Ancient Greek city near the modern town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province. It lay outside the north-western limits of the ancient province of Lycia and was the chief city of ...
, the capital of a tetrapolis comprising Kiyra itself, Bubon, Balbura and Inuanda, which according to Herodotus were founded by the
Pisidians around 1000BC,
Roman
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ruins
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including a 180 meter wide theater can be still seen. In the Byzantine era the town was the seat of a
Christian
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Bishopric
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History
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.
Ibn Battuta
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visited the small town of Qul Hisar, noting "There is no way to reach it except by a path like a bridge constructed between the rushes and the water, and broad enough only for one horse-man."
Gölhisar became a district on January 13, 1953 with the merger of Uluköy and Horzum Districts. It got its name from the fortress (fortress) built on the island in the middle of the lake, 6 km from the district.
In 2016, the population of the district was recorded as 22,485 persons.
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Geography
Gölhisar District is located in the Dalaman Stream Water Collection Basin at the foothills of the Western Taurus Mountains, 107 to Burdur, 111 to Denizli, 90 to Fethiye, 135 km to Antalya, southwest of Burdur. Its average altitude is 945 meters and its area is 575,820 square kilometers. The area is an important Ramsar Site.
Gölhisar Plain is a sediment plain and is irrigated by the waters of Yapraklı Dam. The district has a population of at least 15,000.
Agriculture is important to the local economy with
Beet
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s,
anise
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,
cereal
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s,
vegetable
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s and
fruit
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s being grown. The region contains the most important music and folklore cultures of the region.
See also
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Kibyra
Cibyra or Kibyra (Greek: ), also referred to as Cibyra Magna, was an Ancient Greek city near the modern town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province. It lay outside the north-western limits of the ancient province of Lycia and was the chief city of ...
References
Populated places in Burdur Province
Districts of Burdur Province
Towns in Turkey
Gölhisar District
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