Nevşehir (Province)

Nevşehir
Province number:	50
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	38 ° 47 ' N , 34 ° 41' E Coordinates: 38 ° 47 ' N , 34 ° 41' E
Provincial capital:	Nevşehir
Region:	Central Anatolia
Surface:	5,486 km²
Population:	298,339 (2018)
Population density:	54.4 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	İlhami Aktaş
Seats in Parliament:	3
Structural
Telephone code:	0384
Features :	50
Website
	www.nevsehir.gov.tr (Turkish)

Cappadocia

Nevşehir is a province in inner Turkey . The name is derived from the Persian Nau (turkish Nev ) for "new" and Schahr (turkish Şehir ) for "city" and means "new town". It covers most of the historical region known as Cappadocia . The provincial capital is Nevşehir and is located about 215 km southeast of the state capital Ankara . The province was formed in 1954 by Law No. 6429 from parts of the Kırşehir and Niğde provinces.

geography

The province borders in the northeast on the province of Yozgat , in the east on the province of Kayseri , in the south on the province of Niğde , in the southwest on the province of Aksaray and in the northwest on the province of Kırşehir .

Administrative division

The province is divided into eight districts ( İlçe ):

district	Area ¹ (km²)	Population (2018) ²		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
district	Area ¹ (km²)	District ( İlçe )	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	City quarter (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)	Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
Acıgöl	456	19,561	5,848	3	8th	10	42.9	56.29	968	1987
Avanos	995	32,618	13,482	4th	17th	16	32.8	71.51	1014
Derinkuyu	473	20,786	10,789	2	10	7th	43.9	69.25	985	1960
Gülşehir	879	21,771	12,040	1	10	31	24.8	55.30	1058
Hacıbektaş	750	11,487	5.113	1	3	30th	15.3	44.51	1038	1948
Kozaklı	772	13,570	7,508	1	10	27	17.6	55.33	1019	1954
Merkez Nevşehir	574	143.194	110,098	9	44	9	249.5	94.04	1025
Urgup	587	35,352	22,236	2	14th	23	60.2	71.81	1058
PROVINCE of Nevşehir	5,486	298,339		23	116	153	54.4	78.25	958	1954

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¹ Area 2014
² Population update on December 31, 2018
³ Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
⁴ PDF file of the Ministry of the Interior
⁵ districts that were only formed after Turkey was founded (1923).

population

Many Turkmens live in Nevşehir today . Most of the Turkmens are Alevis and most of the Turks are Sunnis .

Results of the population extrapolation

The following table shows the annual population development after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and sex ratio are ( Sex Ratio listed ie number of women per 1,000 men). The 2011 census found 284,150 inhabitants, which is over 25,000 fewer than in the 2000 census.

year	Population at the end of the year			Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
year	total	male	Female	Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
2018	298,339	147,438	150.901	2.04	1023	60
2017	292,365	144.219	148.146	0.51	1027	60
2016	290,895	143,698	147.197	1.44	1024	60
2015	286,767	141,942	144,825	0.18	1020	61
2014	286,250	142,418	143,832	0.28	1010	60
2013	285,460	141,239	144.221	0.09	1021	60
2012	285.190	140,952	144,238	0.69	1023	60
2011	283.247	139.955	143.292	0.32	1024	60
2010	282,337	139.123	143.214	−0.59	1029	60
2009	284.025	140.348	143,677	0.83	1024	60
2008	281,699	139.025	142,674	0.59	1026	60
2007	280.058	138.092	141,966	-	1028	61
2000	309.914	153.088	156,826		1024	61

Census results

The following tables show the population of Nevşehir Province as documented in the 14 censuses .
The values up to 1960 are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values from 1965 onwards come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1955	167.913	24,064,763	58
1960	187.398	27,754,820	58
1965	203,316	31,391,421	58
1970	229.830	35.605.176	58
1975	249,308	40,347,719	58

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1980	256.933	44,736,957	59
1985	278.129	50,664,458	58
1990	289.509	56.473.035	59
2000	309.914	67,803,927	61

Number of provinces in relation to the census years:

1955: 67 provinces
1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
1990: 73 provinces
2000: 81 provinces

Attractions

The city of Nevşehir is located in the center of the Cappadocia region, there are numerous sights in the province, the tuff landscape with many examples of cave architecture in Cappadocia , a large number of underground cities (e.g. in Derinkuyu and Kaymaklı ), rock castles in Uçhisar and Ortahisar , the open-air museums of Göreme and Zelve with the fairy chimneys , the Sarıhan caravanserai and much more. In the village of Gökçetoprak in Gülşehir County, the Suvasa inscription stone testifies to the presence of Luwians in the area. About nine kilometers south of Acıgöl is the rock inscription of Topada by King Wasusarma of Tabal , which was affected by fighting in the 8th century BC. Reported in the area. The grave complex of the Alevi mystic Hajji Bektash Weli is located in the Hacıbektaş district of the same name . About ten kilometers southwest of Hacıbektaş on a table mountain is the late Hittite rock inscription of Karaburna , which contains a contract between Sipi, the king, and Sipi, son of Ni, on the reconstruction of the fortress there.