Beypazarı
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| Province (il) : | Ankara | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 10 ′ N , 31 ° 55 ′ E | |||
| Height : | 700 m | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 312 | |||
| Postal code : | 06 730 | |||
| License plate : | 06 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 78 Mahalle | |||
| Belediye Başkanı: | Tuncer Kaplan ( AKP ) | |||
| Postal address : | 06730 Beypazarı / Ankara Kurtuluş Mah., Halil Şıvgın Sk.No: 5 |
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| Beypazarı County | ||||
| Residents : | 48,274 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 1,697 km² | |||
| Population density : | 28 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Temel Ayca | |||
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Beypazarı is a municipality and a coincident İlçe (state administrative district) in the province of Ankara . The municipality belongs to the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality ( Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi ), which includes all municipalities in the province.
geography
The İlçe Beypazarı of Ankara Province is located between İlçe Çamlıdere , Güdül and Ayaş in the east, Polatlı in the south and Nallıhan in the west. It is also bordered by Bolu Province to the north and Eskişehir Province to the southwest . The central place is 100 km away from the center of Ankara. The road from Ankara through Beypazarı to Nallıhan leads through a bare rocky landscape with partly vivid play of colors of the emerging rock and fantastic erosion forms. The İlçe area also has a share of the wooded Pontic Mountains and has several charming river valleys.
22.45% of the area of İlçe is forested, 34.37% is used as arable or horticultural land, 13% of which is artificially irrigated, another 12.85% is used as pasture and 30.33% is unused wasteland. Every year around 2/3 of the arable land is cultivated, 1/3 remains unused as fallow land. About 2/3 of the population is employed in agriculture. The most important crop is wheat , along with vegetables, especially carrots . Other crops are rice , sunflowers and legumes. Cattle breeding (poultry, cattle, sheep) and beekeeping are also carried out. Another economic product of greater importance is mohair , the wool of the angora goats bred here .
Another economic mainstay is industry. Body construction (truck superstructures) is important here. The most important companies are the bottling plant for the mineral water from Beypazarı, which is known throughout Turkey, and a dairy company. One of the world's largest deposits of Trona is also located near Beypazarı . The mining of the deposits has started. Another branch of business is tourism, in the wake of which traditional handicrafts (silver wire filigree work, coppersmithing, weaving) and also regional cuisine experienced an upswing and special attention and care.
history
In ancient times, Beypazarı was under the name Lagania known (Λαγανία) and was named in honor of the Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I in (491-518) Anastasiopolis renamed. In Byzantine times it was a bishopric. After the Battle of Mantzikert it fell under the rule of the Seljuks , who left some buildings here, and after the end of the Rumeljuk Empire it came under the rule of the Ottomans . Osman's grandfather Gündüzalp Gazi is buried in the village of Hırkatepe des İlçe . After Evliya Çelebi , the city formed a sinecure ( Has ) of Şeyhülislâm .
In Ottoman times, the city was a trading center of some importance. On the one hand, this was due to its location on a branch of the Silk Road that led to İstanbul, and on the other hand, Beypazarı was a trading center for mohair, the wool of the Angora goats bred here. In the 18th century, European traders even temporarily settled in Beypazarı
After Ankara became the capital and the main connection between Ankara and İstanbul was no longer run via Eskişehir but via Bolu , Beypazarı lost its importance.
tourism
Tourism in Beypazarı is based on three principles: the thermal springs, the natural beauties and the historical flair of the city. There are alpine pastures in wooded and spring-rich surroundings with the possibility of horseback excursions and other leisure activities and delightful river valleys that z. Some are equipped with picnic areas. Despite some devastating fires in the past 150 years, Beypazarı still offers the image of an Ottoman city with many preserved and restored houses in the Ottoman style. The houses usually have three floors. Of this, the ground floor is bricked with stones, the upper floors, which often protrude, are made of half-timbered structures. A living museum has been set up in Abbaszade Konağı. Of the historical mosques, Sultan Alaaddin Camii is said to have been built in the years 1221–1225, but according to its architectural features, the building belongs to the 15th - 16th centuries. The mosque has a large wooden ceiling that is supported by wooden pillars. Another old mosque is İncili Camii, founded in 1315, with its wooden minaret, it also follows the Seljuk tradition. The Suluhan, a caravanserai from 1683, is still being restored. In the Alaattin Sokak, whose adjoining houses have already been restored, traditional food and products from the region are offered at stalls.
Web links
- Beypazarı Kaymakam website
- Tourist guide for Beypazarı (Turkish)
- Tourist guide with further information (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nufusu.com Türkiye Nüfusu, accessed on August 30, 2019
- ↑ Information from the Turkish State Bureau of Statistics ( Memento from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information from Kaymakamlık ( Memento from February 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information from Kaymakamlık ( Memento from February 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , 1854, Art. Lagania , Online
- ↑ İsmail Hakkı Kadı: Ottoman and Dutch merchants in the eighteenth century. Competition and cooperation in Ankara, Izmir, and Amsterdam. Brill, Leiden, Boston 2012, ISBN 9004230327 , p. 29 ff online
- ↑ Wolfgang Dorn, Turkey, Central Anatolia: between Phrygia, Ankara and Cappadocia DuMont Art Travel Guide, DuMont Reiseverlag, 2006, ISBN 3770166167 , p. 126 online
