Niğde (Province)

Niğde
Province number:	51
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	37 ° 55 ' N , 34 ° 42' E Coordinates: 37 ° 55 ' N , 34 ° 42' E
Provincial capital:	Niğde
Region:	Central Anatolia
Surface:	7,235 km²
Population:	364,707 (2018)
Population density:	50.4 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Yılmaz Şimşek
Seats in Parliament:	3
Structural
Telephone code:	0388
Features :	51
Website
	www.nigde.gov.tr (Turkish)

Niğde is a small, rural province of Turkey in central Anatolia on the southern edge of Cappadocia . Their capital is Niğde of the same name .

The province borders on the provinces of Kayseri in the east, Adana in the southeast, Mersin in the south, Konya in the west, Aksaray in the northwest and Nevşehir in the north. From the center of the state capital Ankara to Niğde it is about 270 km as the crow flies in a south-easterly direction.

The population density is 50 inhabitants / km². The license plate number is 51.

geography

Niğde is surrounded on three sides by the Taurus Mountains with the Hasan Dağı (Mount Hasan) and the Melendiz Çayı River. To the west is the plain of Emen (town in the Beyşehir district in Konya province ), which opens into the wide plain of Konya. Fertile volcanic soils are the basis of productive agriculture. Mainly apples and potatoes are grown.

Due to the altitude and the mountains, the province has a dry and cold climate with snow and cold north winds in winter, with practically no rainfall in summer.

Administrative division

The province is divided into six 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
Altunhisar	552	15,463	3,406	3	11	6th	28.0	68.82	929	1990
boron	1,522	60,335	40,498	4th	32	23	39.6	83.84	1015
Çamardı	1,163	13,200	3,627	1	4th	21st	11.3	27.48	1026	1948
Çiftlik	400	28,168	4,771	4th	15th	9	70.4	62.03	940	1990
Merkez Niğde	2.223	224.289	150.178	16	69	34	100.9	89.02	996
Ulukışla	1,375	23,252	7,395	1	8th	38	16.9	31.80	981
PROVINCE Niğde	7,235	364,707		29	139	131	50.4	79.34	992

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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

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 determined 337,456 inhabitants, which is over 10,000 inhabitants less than 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	364,707	183.109	181,598	3.40	992	53
2017	352,727	176.194	176,533	0.36	1002	54
2016	351,468	175,571	175,897	1.55	1002	54
2015	346.114	172,643	173.471	0.64	1005	54
2014	343,898	171,934	171.964	0.07	1000	53
2013	343,658	171,750	171.908	1.00	1001	53
2012	340.270	170.075	170.195	0.80	1001	54
2011	337,553	168.125	169,428	−0.11	1008	54
2010	337.931	167,551	170.380	−0.59	1017	53
2009	339.921	169.704	170.217	0.44	1003	51
2008	338,447	169.377	169.070	2.04	998	51
2007	331,677	164,745	166.932	-	1013	53
2000	348.081	172,367	175.714		1019	55

Census results

The following tables show the population of Niğde Province documented in the 14 censuses .
The values in the table on the left are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values in the table on the right come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1927	166.056	13,648,270	39
1935	247.376	16.158.018	32
1940	275,443	17,820,950	30th
1945	296,584	18,790,174	26th
1950	331,470	20,947,188	26th
1955	284,563	24,064,763	39
1960	322.917	27,754,820	39

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1965	362,444	31,391,421	38
1970	408,441	35.605.176	37
1975	463.121	40,347,719	37
1980	512.071	44,736,957	34
1985	560.386	50,664,458	34
1990	305,861	56.473.035	56
2000	348.081	67,803,927	55

Number of provinces in relation to the census years:

1927, 1940 to 1950: 63 provinces
1935: 57 provinces
1955: 67 provinces
1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
1990: 73 provinces
2000: 81 provinces

Communities

There are 23 municipalities ( Belediye ) in the province with over 2000 inhabitants. In addition to the six district towns (see table " Administrative structure ", column Merkez ) there are the following 23 places:

Belediye	district	Population 2018
Yeşilgölcük	Merkez	5,475
Edikli	Merkez	5,393
Kiledere	Merkez	5,353
Kemerhisar	boron	5,264
Bozkoy	Çiftlik	4,511
Divarlı	Çiftlik	4,109
Azatlı	Çiftlik	4,081
Karakapı	Altunhisar	3,966
Sazlıca	Merkez	3,771
Karaatlı	Merkez	3,519
Alay	Merkez	3,360
Orhanlı	Merkez	3,336

Belediye	district	Population 2018
Keçikalesi	Altunhisar	3,269
Konaklı	Merkez	3,265
Dündarlı	Merkez	2,728
Çukurkuyu	boron	2,635
Baglama	Merkez	2,359
Hacıabdullah	Merkez	2,281
Aktaş	Merkez	2,257
Bahçeli	boron	2,186
Gümüşler	Merkez	2.148
Değirmli	Merkez	2.132
Yıldıztepe	Merkez	2,101

history

The area has been known since the Neolithic Age 8,000–5,500 BC. It was inhabited by excavations of burial mounds in Bor district and tin mines in Çamardı-Keste district. The Hittites later settled there for about 1000 years until 800 BC. Chr.

The name Niğde developed from the ancient Nakita or Nahita and was first mentioned as na-hi-ti-ia in a Luwian inscription of King Saruanis found in Andaval . Then came the Assyrians and Phrygians , Greeks , Persians , Alexander the Great and the Romans , who built the city of Tyana with its palaces and fountains near today's Kemerhisar .

Roman rule or the Byzantine Empire lasted until the Seljuks conquered it in 1166. Niğde was one of the largest cities in Anatolia until the beginning of the 13th century, and an impressive number of mosques and tombs date from this period. The area belonged to the Ottoman Empire since 1471 and to the Turkish Republic from 1923 .

economy

Niğde benefits from lush agriculture (the apples are especially famous) and its location between the affluent provinces of Konya in central Anatolia and Adana on the Mediterranean. The tourist attractions of Cappadocia and the Kayseri and Nevşehir airports are nearby.

Like apples, potatoes, cabbage, grain and beetroot are important agricultural goods. There is also dairy and meat production, as well as beekeeping and more and more fish farms.

traffic

The O.21 motorway begins north of Niğde and leads south in three lanes to Tarsus on the Mediterranean Sea. The route north to Ankara is being planned or built. The European route E 90 follows this motorway.

Otherwise the district is crossed by the following highways. Niğde is partly the end point of some highways:

The D765 trunk road leads from Inebolu on the Black Sea, 512 km south to Niğde.
The D750 trunk road runs south from Zonguldak on the Black Sea to Tarsus on the Mediterranean.
A section of the trunk road D330 ends from Bodrum on the Aegean Sea (eastward) in Niğde.
The D805 trunk road ends after 367 km from the north ( Zile , Tokat province) in Ulukışla near Niğde.

Niğde is a railway station on the line that runs south from Kayseri to Ulukışla, where it meets the Karaman - Adana line .

Attractions

The mountains Aladağ and Bolkar in the Taurus Mountains are well-known winter sports areas and popular climbing and trekking areas in summer. Aladağ has one of the most popular climbing routes that can be reached from the villages of Demirkazık and Çukurbağ in Çamardı . The Bolkar has a seven kilometer long ski slope, a crater lake and is known for its abundant flowers in spring.

In Niğde there are many old churches, mosques and underground cities built into the rocks, including Eski Gümüş , the ancient city of Tyana and some Roman aqueducts in the Bor district. The Niğde Archaeological Museum is located in the capital . There are also warm mineral springs. In the village of Küçükköy , about eight kilometers northwest of the capital, lies the church of Küçükköy with partially preserved frescoes. In the south of the Altunhisar district lies the settlement hill Kınık Höyük , which was inhabited from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages and contains the remains of a citadel from the late Hittite period.