Afyonkarahisar (Province)

Afyonkarahisar
Province number:	03
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	38 ° 39 ′  N , 30 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 39 ′  N , 30 ° 40 ′  E
Provincial capital:	Afyonkarahisar
Region:	Aegean region
Surface:	14,016 km²
Population:	725,568 (2018)
Population density:	52 inhabitants per km²
Political
Governor:	Mustafa Tutulmaz
Seats in Parliament:	5
Structural
Post Code:	03000
Telephone code:	0272
Features :	03
Website
www.afyonkarahisar.gov.tr (Turkish)

Afyonkarahisar is a province of Turkey with 725,568 inhabitants. The provincial capital of the same name Afyonkarahisar has 299,673 inhabitants (as of the end of 2018).

geography

The province of Afyonkarahisar is located in the west of Asia Minor and is mostly in the Aegean region (Ege Bölgesi) .

population

The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and are gender relations ( sex ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census found 594,163 inhabitants, which is over 107,000 fewer than in the 2000 census.

year	Population at the end of the year			Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
	total	male	Female
2018	725,568	360.152	365.416	1.38	1015	31
2017	715.693	354,438	361.255	0.16	1019
2016	714.523	354.458	360.065	0.78	1016
2015	709.015	351.993	357.022	0.37	1014
2014	706.371	350,370	356.001	-0.11	1016
2013	707.123	351.007	356.116	0.45	1015
2012	703.948	348,548	355,400	0.76	1020
2011	698.626	347.311	351.315	0.15	1012
2010	697,559	344,822	352.737	-0.54	1023
2009	701.326	348.194	353.132	0.57	1014
2008	697.365	345,899	351.466	-0.60	1016
2007	701.572	348,589	352.983	-	1013
2000 1	812.416	409.311	403.105		985	27

¹ 2000 census

Census results

The following tables show the population of Afyonkarahisar province documented in the 14 censuses .
The values ​​in the table on the left are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values ​​in the table on the right come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:

year	population		rank
	province	Turkey
1927	120,398	13,648,270	18th
1935	229.248	16.158.018	20th
1940	316.034	17,820,950	21st
1945	335,609	18,790,174	21st
1950	372.273	20,947,188	22nd
1955	404.497	24,064,763	18th
1960	459.115	27,754,820	18th

year	population		rank
	province	Turkey
1965	502.248	31,391,421	21st
1970	542.111	35.605.176	23
1975	579.171	40,347,719	26th
1980	597,516	44,736,957	28
1985	666.978	50,664,458	28
1990	739.223	56.473.035	26th
2000	812.416	67,803,927	27

Number of provinces in relation to the census years:

• 1927, 1940 to 1950: 63 provinces
• 1935: 57 provinces
• 1955: 67 provinces
• 1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
• 1990: 73 provinces
• 2000: 81 provinces

Administrative division

Afyonkarahisar Province is divided into 18 counties. The counties are:

district	Area 1 (km²)	Population (2018) 2		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Gender ratio 3	Founding date 4.5
		district	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	District (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)
Basmakçı	361	10,031	5,335	1	8th	14th	27.79	53.19	1005	07/04/1987
Bayat	411	7,813	4.154	1	4th	12	19.01	53.17	1045	07/04/1987
Bolvadin	944	43,398	30,385	3	64	14th	45.97	81.57	976
Çay	803	31,412	14,450	3	26th	20th	39.12	62.88	1043	04/01/1958
Çobanlar	165	14,503	9,333	2	13	3	87.90	84.20	990	May 20, 1990
Dazkırı	408	11,173	5,165	1	6th	16	27.38	46.23	991	04/01/1959
dinar	1,254	47,304	24,979	3	41	60	37.72	63.59	1005
Emirdağ	2,103	37,817	18,887	3	21st	69	17.98	62.42	984
Evciler	252	7,574	3,593	1	6th	7th	30.06	47.44	1004	May 20, 1990
Hocalar	506	9,597	2,353	1	3	15th	18.97	24.52	1028	May 20, 1990
İhsaniye	849	28,603	3,994	5	23	26th	33.69	59.41	993	04/01/1959
İscehisar	489	24,534	12,630	2	12	11	50.17	60.13	988	07/04/1987
Kızılören	111	2,463	1,514	1	2	4th	22.19	61.47	1105	May 20, 1990
Merkez	1,261	299,673	231.983	15th	110	22nd	237.65	95.90	1019
Sandıklı	1,238	56,182	32,703	2	16	56	45.38	64.12	1044
Sinanpaşa	889	41,468	3,693	10	52	26th	46.65	67.49	1017	03/01/1953
Sultandağı	928	15,076	5,381	3	18th	11	16.25	64.22	1013	04/01/1958
Şuhut	1,044	36,947	14,155	2	17th	36	35.39	44.80	1084	04/01/1946
PROVINCE Afyon (karahisar)	14,016	725,568		59	442	422	51.77	76.15	1015

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¹ area in 2014
^two population projection on December 31, 2018
³ sex ratio (Sex Ratio): Number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
⁴ PDF file of the Interior Ministry
^five counties, the first to have been formed Foundation of Turkey (1923).

history

For the story, see the article about the capital Afyonkarahisar .

On January 6, 2005, the previous province of Afyon officially got its previous name Afyonkarahisar (from Turkish afyon , "opium" and kara hisar , "black castle").

Attractions

• Phrygian valley
• Phrygian rock tombs Aslantaş and Yilantaş
• Phrygian Monuments Arslankaya , Maltaş
• Phrygian and Roman graves as well as a Hittite relief fragment of a winged sun on the hill Yumruktepe near Beyköy (İhsaniye)
• Ayazin cave churches
• Afyonkarahisar Castle (Afyon Kalesi)
• Gazlıgöl and Sandıklı thermal springs
• Great Mosque (Ulu Cami)
• Complex of Gedik Ahmed Pasha (Imaretcamii)
• Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum
• Monuments of Kocatepe and Triumph

Personalities

• Ahmet Necdet Sezer , Former President of Turkey
• Nurgül Yeşilçay , actress

Web links

Commons : Afyonkarahisar Province  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping 2014 , accessed May 5, 2019
2. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on May 5, 2019
3. ↑ Afyonkarahisar Province website (portrait of the governor)
4. ↑ Genel Nüfus Sayımları (census results 1965 to 2000)
5. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping PDF file 0.25 MB
6. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on May 5, 2019
7. ↑ [1] TARİH (1) .pdf 1.4 MB