Kaman, formerly known as Chnamane (''Khomane''), and Zama, is a town in

Kırşehir Province Kırşehir Province () is a province in central Turkey, forming part of the Central Anatolia Region. Its area is 6,584 km2, and its population is 244,519 (2022). The average elevation is approximately 985 meters above sea level. The provinci ...

in the Central Anatolia region of

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. It is the seat of

Kaman District Kaman District is a district of the Kırşehir Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Kaman.İlçe Belediyesi
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 21,340 (2022). Its elevation is .

History

The district, which has a settlement history of approximately 5000 years since 3000 BC, got its name Kaman from the use of the name "CHNAMANE", which came to the region in the

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and

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ages, as Kaman by the Turks. In another rumor, it comes from the

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who lived around Kızılırmak between 1200 and 2200 BC. According to another study, a Turkmen community named "Kaman", mentioned in the Ottoman 1520 cadastral registers, descended from the bey line of the Dulkadirs, settled in the current Gökeşme location. The Turkmen families named Cığıruşağı, Camışuşağı, Yahyabeyuşağı Taşkınlar and Dağlar, who had settled in Kaman before, invited this larger and more powerful community to this region rich in water resources. Kaman oba said this offer, "We will come, but we will name the place Kaman." he admitted. In the sources, after these centuries, the name Kaman begins to appear as a place. Families that are descendants of the above tribes in Kaman also confirm this theory. The surnames of the aforementioned families continue today as Cibiroğulları (Şahin), Camışuşağı (Yaman), Yahyabeyuşağı (Turgut), Kaman (Kamanlıoğlu) Community (Kaman, Maraş), Taşkın, Dağ. The district has been under the rule of

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, Romans, Byzantines and Mengücekoğulları, Eretna, Karaman and Dulkadiroğulları Principalities for long years. Today, Kaman, which has 41 villages, 10 towns and an area of 1232 km2; The fact that the Oghuz tribes started to live in this region by choosing Konar-Nomadic or settled life as Turks and Islam in the 11th century is a symbol that they have continued this Turkmen essence since that day. Works are still continuing in Kaman Cagirkan Kalehöyük Excavation Site, which has been excavated by the Japanese since 1985 and has more than 5 thousand historical artifacts. Kaman Demirli 2

Kaman, which was a municipality in 1924, was turned into a district on September 1, 1944. Due to the transformation of Kırşehir into a district, it became a district of Ankara for a short time. When Kırşehir became a province again, it was connected to Kırşehir again.

Climate

Kaman has a dry-summer

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(

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: ''Dsa''), with cold winters and dry, moderately hot summers.

References

External links

Kaman Municipality
District municipalities in Turkey Populated places in Kaman District {{Kırşehir-geo-stub