Karakız
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Yozgat | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Sorgun | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 48 ' N , 35 ° 21' E | |||
| Height : | 1222 m | |||
| Residents : | 1,573 (2012) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 354 | |||
| Postal code : | 66700 | |||
| License plate : | 66 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2013) | ||||
| Mayor : | Durmuş Erdal | |||
| Website: | ||||
Karakız is a municipality in the district Sorgun the Turkish province of Yozgat . The place is about 15 kilometers east of the county seat Sorgun and 50 kilometers east of the provincial capital Yozgat .
To the northeast of the municipality is the Hapis Boğazı valley , through which a stream flows to Çekerek Çayı . An area of 2.5 × 1.0 kilometers from Karakız to Hapis Boğazı is littered with granite blocks that break through the topsoil. The area was in Hittite times, in the late 2nd millennium BC. BC, a quarry and a sculpture workshop , where numerous worked stones and two column bases with lions were found.
Individual evidence
- ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 3, 2015 on WebCite ). accessed December 3, 2015