Korkuteli

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Korkuteli
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Korkuteli (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Antalya
Coordinates : 37 ° 4 '  N , 30 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 4 '1 "  N , 30 ° 11' 55"  E
Residents : 25,515 (2017)
Telephone code : (+90) 242
Postal code : 07 800
License plate : 07
Structure and administration (status: 2018)
Mayor : Hasan Ali İrban
Website:
Korkuteli district
Residents : 53,610 (2017)
Surface: 2,536 km²
Population density : 21 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Erkan Karahan
Website (Kaymakam):
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Korkuteli is a city in Turkey about 60 km northwest of Antalya and the capital of the Korkuteli district of the same name . It had 25,515 inhabitants at the end of 2017.

Korkuteli; Reservoir of the Korkuteli River, located in the west of the city.

The Korkuteli Dam is on the western edge of the city .

etymology

The name comes from Korkud , an Ottoman prince who was captured here in a nearby cave and later murdered on the orders of his brother Selim I.

Korkuteli is twin town of the Polish city of Jarocin .

Attractions

Koran school in Korkuteli, built at the beginning of the 13th century under Sultan Kai Kobad I.
Korkuteli; the Tarihi Hamam ("historical Haman") a bathhouse from the Seljuk period, 13th century.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Citypopulation , accessed on October 17, 2018