Paşakonağı is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
Düzce District
Düzce District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district of the Düzce Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Düzce.[Düzce Province
Düzce Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province in northwestern Turkey. The province is on the coastline of the Black Sea and is traversed by the main highway between Istanbul and Ankara. The primary town is Düzce, located in the center of t ...]
in Turkey. Its population is 153 (2022). Mostly populated by
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
, the village is located near the Small
Melen River and has a lot of
grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo ...
, where most of the
water buffalo
The water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis''), also called domestic water buffalo, Asian water buffalo and Asiatic water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also kept in Italy, the Balkans ...
are brought to in the summer period. Most villagers and people from the nearby
Bahçeköy and
Yenitaşköprü have water buffalo farms.
On 17 November 2021, an earthquake happened near the village, below the surface.
References
Villages in Düzce District
Kurdish settlements in East Marmara region
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