Akdağmadeni

	Akdağmadeni
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Yozgat
Coordinates :	39 ° 40 ' N , 35 ° 53' E Coordinates: 39 ° 39 '46 " N , 35 ° 52' 49" E
Height :	1316 m
Residents :	21,273 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 354
Postal code :	66 300
License plate :	66
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	11 Mahalle
Mayor :	Nezih Yalçın ( MHP )
Postal address :	İbrahim Ağa Mah., ; Ziya Gökalp Cd. No: 16 ; 66300 Akdağmadeni / Yozgat
Website:	www.akdagmadeni.bel.tr
Akdağmadeni County
Residents :	42,919 (2018)
Surface:	1,810 km²
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Alp Eren Yılmaz
Website (Kaymakam):	www.akdagmadeni.gov.tr

Street in Akdağmadeni

Akdağmadeni , Greek Ἀργυρίων Argyríōn , is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Yozgat . The place is about 90 kilometers east of the provincial capital Yozgat . According to the city seal, the place received the status of a Belediye (municipality) in 1862 .

The county

The district is in the east of the province. It borders Çayıralan to the south, Sarıkaya to the southwest, Saraykent to the west, Kadışehri to the north and the provinces of Tokat and Sivas to the east .

The city and the district crosses from west to east the European route 88 , which leads from Ankara in the west via Yozgat in the east to Sivas . The Akdağmadeni Deresi River has its source near the district town . It flows to the northwest and finally flows into the Çekerek Çayı , which forms the northern boundary of the district with Kadışehri. The Akçakoyunlu Deresi rises in the northwest and flows into the Akdağmadeni Deresi. In the northeast, the smaller Gökdelen Deresi flows from the 1,422 meter high Çamlı Dağı into the Çekerek Çayı. The place is located on the northwest slope of the Ak Dağları Mountains, which occupies the southeast of the district. These include the 2155 meter high Büyüknalbant Dağı southwest and the 1855 meter high Çiçekli Tepe northeast of Akdağmadeni.

The district already existed when Turkey was founded in 1923. It is the second largest in the province and is divided into the district town ( Merkez ) (approx. 49.6% of the district's population) and three other communities ( Belediye ): Umutlu (2,017), Belekçahan ( 1,832) and Oluközü (1,361 pop .). There are also 78 villages ( Köy ) with a total population of 16,436 inhabitants (38.3% of the district's population). None of the villages has over a thousand inhabitants, Yukarıçulhalı (730) and Üçkaraağaç (713 inhabitants) are the two largest. On average, 211 people live in each of the 78 villages. Since 2018 the village is Karahisartatlısı a Mahalle (City Fourth) of umutlu.

Personalities

Bekir Bozdağ , Turkish theologian, lawyer and politician
Eftim I , Patriarch of the Turkish Orthodox Church

Web links

Commons : Akdağmadeni - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on August 9, 2019