Ulubey is a municipality and
district
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of
Ordu Province
Ordu Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey, located on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 5,914 km2, and its population is 763,190 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Samsun to the northwest, Tokat to the southwest, ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 295 km
2, and its population is 16,976 (2022).
The town lies at an elevation of .
Economy
The economy of the district depends mainly on agriculture.
Hazelnuts
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,
beekeeping
Beekeeping (or apiculture, from ) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as '' Melipona'' stingless bees are ...
,
dairy farming
Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for the long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for the eventual sale of a dairy product. Dairy farming has a h ...
,
corn
Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout Poaceae, grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago ...
, and
kale
Kale (), also called leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (''Brassica oleracea'') cultivars primarily grown for their Leaf vegetable, edible leaves; it has also been used as an ornamental plant. Its multiple different cultivars vary quite ...
are the main products. In recent decades the population has declined as people have migrated away to jobs in Turkey's larger cities or abroad, now mainly their grandparents remain.
Composition
There are 41
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Ulubey District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Akoluk
* Akpınar
* Aydınlar
* Başçardak
* Belenyurt
* Çağlayan
* Çatallı
* Cevizlik
* Çubuklu
* Çukur
* Doğlu
* Durakköy
* Elmaçukuru
* Eymür
* Fındıklı
* Gündüzlü
* Güvenköy
* Güvenyurt
* Güzelyurt
* Hocaoğlu
* Kadıncık
* Kalıcak
* Karakoca
* Kardeşler
* Kıranyağmur
* Kirazlık
* Koşaca
* Kumanlar
* Kumrulu
* Ohtamış
* Örenköy
* Oyumgürgen
* Refahiye
* Şahinkaya
* Şekeroluk
* Şeyhler
* Uzunmahmut
* Yenimahalle
* Yenisayaca
* Yolbaşı
* Yukarıkızılin
References
External links
*
District governor's official website
*
District municipality's official website
Road map of Ulubey and environs
Various images of Ulubey, Ordu
Populated places in Ordu Province
Districts of Ordu Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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