Develi (Kayseri)
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 Cumhuriyet Meydanı, the central square in Develi |
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Kayseri | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 23 ' N , 35 ° 30' E | |||
| Residents : | 36,708 (2010) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 352 | |||
| Postal code : | 38 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 38 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | ||||
| Mayor : | Mehmet Cabbar | |||
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| Develi County | ||||
| Residents : | 64,836 (2010) | |||
| Surface: | 1,898 km² | |||
| Population density : | 34 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Enver Ünlü | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Develi ( Armenian Averag ) is a county seat and a district in the province of Kayseri in Turkey . In 2010 the city had 36,708 and the district 64,836 inhabitants. There are 4 communities and 45 villages in the district .
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1254 as Dâvâlı . The present-day place Deverek emerged from the union of the places Develi , Everek and Feneze and was declared a district in 1860 and is located 1330 m above sea level in the south of the province and borders the Adana province .
The Hittite rock reliefs of Taşçı and Fıraktın are in the Develi district .
Personalities
- Sarkis Torossian (1891–1954), Ottoman military commander of Armenian origin
- Mustafa İslamoğlu (* 1960), Islamic theologian and writer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 22, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed June 8, 2011
