Zara is a town in

Sivas Province Sivas Province () is a province of Turkey. It is located in the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Its area is 28,164 km2 (the second largest province after Konya), and its population is 634,924 (2022). Its adjacent prov ...

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. It is the seat of

Zara District Zara District is a Districts of Turkey, district of the Sivas Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Zara, Turkey, Zara. Its area is 2,616 km2, and its population is 23,873 (2022). Demographics Zara District has a Sunni Islam, Sunni m ...

.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its population is 11,636 (2022). The mayor is Fatih Celik (MHP). The town is 70 km. (appr. 45 miles) away from downtown

Sivas Sivas is a city in central Turkey. It is the seat of Sivas Province and Sivas District.İl Beledi ...

History

In antiquity, Zara () was a town in the northern part of

Armenia Minor Lesser Armenia (; ; ), also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, comprised the Armenian-populated regions primarily to the west and northwest of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia (also known as Kingdom of Greater Armenia), on the western sid ...

, or perhaps more correctly in

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, on the road from

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Satala Located in Turkey, the settlement of Satala ( ''Satał'', ), according to the ancient geographers, was situated in a valley surrounded by mountains, a little north of the Euphrates, where the road from Trapezus to Samosata crossed the boundary o ...

, and on the road from

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Economy

Historically,

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was extracted from

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in Zara.

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, and

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were also produced in the area.

Climate

Zara has a dry-summer

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(

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: ''Dsb''), with warm, dry summers, and cold winters.

Religion

Saint Minas Church of Zara St Minas (Armenian: Սուրբ Մինաս) is a 13th-century Armenian Apostolic Christian church located in the village of Alakilise, Zara city, Sivas Province, Turkey. The church is located on the rock of Kızılırmak (Alice). Saint Minas of ...

References

Populated places in Sivas Province Zara District District municipalities in Turkey {{Sivas-geo-stub