Beyağaç is a municipality and

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Denizli Province Denizli Province () () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring provinces are Uşak to the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon to the east, Aydın, Manisa to t ...

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. Its area is , and its population is 6,197 (2022). Beyağaç district area neighbors those of three other districts of

from the north-west to the south-east, namely

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Tavas Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one brea ...

and Acıpayam and the central district and

Köyceğiz Köyceğiz is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,329 km2, and its population is 39,242 (2022). The town of Köyceğiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name ( Lake Köyceğiz) which is joined t ...

district of

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to its west. It is closer to the neighboring provincial seat of

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than its own. Among the districts of

as a whole, Beyağaç is the one which is the closest to the

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coastline, along its

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and

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axis. The district center first came into existence as a large village with the fusion in 1996 of two neighboring villages, Eskere and Sarıyer, under the name Beyağaç (meaning 'gentleman's tree'). Beyağaç was made into a municipality in 1972, and was under Kale as its district center and became a district center of its own in the year 1991. The present name Beyağaç literally means 'the venerable tree', a reference to ancient black pine forests that surround the town and which are under protection. Beyağaç has seven depending villages. The district is renowned for its extremely rich flora, with a number of

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species. A notable sight of interest in Beyağaç is Lake Kartal

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Valley, accessible by

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leaving from Beyağaç town center and by following a country road along forests. The altitude of the valley starts from 2261 m at Ulugöl Peak, one of the summits of the Mount Sandıras, the dominating mountainous mass of the district. The valley inclines gradually during its length and its width varies between , bordered by steep cliffs. It is sprinkled with 250- to 700-year-old black pine trees and is marked at a altitude by Lake Kartal, which gives its name to the valley. The valley is of astounding beauty and is a protected natural site since 1990. Further to the valley and nearer to Beyağaç, ( distance) are the areas of other protected sites such as Topuklu plain and Çiçekbaba peak, with some of the trees here being even older.

Composition

There are 15

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in Beyağaç District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Çamlık * Cumhuriyet * Eşenler * Fatih * Geriçam * Hürriyet * Kapuz * Kızılcaağaç * Pınarönü * Sazak * Subaşı * Uzunoluk * Yeniçeşme * Yenimahalle * Zafer

References

Forest TopukluPlain CicekbabaPeak Beyagac Turkey

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beyagac Populated places in Denizli Province Districts of Denizli Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey