Lalapasa

Lalapasa
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Edirne
Coordinates :	41 ° 50 '  N , 26 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 50 '0 "  N , 26 ° 44' 0"  E
Height :	164  m
Residents :	1,626 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 284
Postal code :	22970
License plate :	22nd
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	1 mahalle
Mayor :	İsmail Arslan ( AKP )
Postal address :	Merkez Mah. Cumhuriyet Cad. No: 24 22950 Lalapaşa / Edirne
Website:	www.lalapasa.bel.tr
Lalapasa County
Residents :	6,680 (2018)
Surface:	497 km²
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Furkan Çakır
Website (Kaymakam):	www.lalapasa.gov.tr

Lalapaşa is a county seat and a district in the Turkish province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace . The city is home to a quarter (2018: 24.34%) of the district's population. It is located about 32 kilometers by road northeast of the provincial capital Edirne.

The district, formed in 1945, is located in the north of the province and borders the province of Kırklareli in the east and Bulgaria in the north . This is where the Lessowo-Hamzabeyli border crossing is located . Internal borders exist in the southwest with the central district ( Merkez ) of Edirne and in the southeast with the district of Süloğlu . In addition to the district town, the district consists of 27 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 187 inhabitants. This is the lowest average in the province. Çömlekakpınar is the largest village with 480 inhabitants.

The name Lalapaşa is derived from the Ottoman general Lala Şahin Paşa. He conquered the area for the Ottoman Empire in 1361 and received Lalapaşa as a fiefdom .

The Lalapaşa dolmen is by the village. The Kırıkköy menhirs form several stone circles about two kilometers south of Çömlekakpınar in the municipality of Lalapaşa on the hill from which it is named.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 10, 2019

• Dolmen engl. and picture