Sulusaray
| Sulusaray | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Tokat | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 0 ′ N , 36 ° 5 ′ E | |||
| Height : | 1037 m | |||
| Residents : | 4,733 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 356 | |||
| Postal code : | 60870 | |||
| License plate : | 60 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 4 malls | |||
| Mayor : | Necmettin Coruk ( AKP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Gop mah.Ataturk cad.no:14 60872 Sulusaray |
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| Sulusaray county | ||||
| Residents : | 7,401 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 266 km² | |||
| Population density : | 28 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Ahmet Vezir Baycar | |||
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Sulusaray is a city and capital of the district of the same name ( İlçe ) in the Turkish province of Tokat . The city is located about 55 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Tokat .
city
The city is connected by a country road with Yeşilyurt and the provincial capital in the east, in the west with Kadışehri in the province of Yozgat. Sulusaray is located on the site of the ancient city of Sebastopolis . The only relic visible on site is an arch of a Roman bridge, fragments and inscriptions are exhibited in an open-air museum. It is not clear whether the battle of Sebastopolis took place here or at Elaiussa Sebaste's in Cilicia.
According to the city seal, Sulusaray was raised to the status of a municipality ( Belediye ) in 1987 .
district
The district is located in the southwest of the province. It borders Zile County in the north, Artova County in the northeast, and Yeşilyurt County in the east . In the south the province of Sivas and in the west the province of Yozgat forms the external border.
Çekerek Çayı flows through town and district from east to west . Coming from the south the Çatalboğazı Çayı flows west of the city , further west from the north the Sapoğlu Deresi , which is dammed up in the north of the district. Lake Uyuz Gölü is located in the west of the district .
Sulusaray County was formed in 1990 from the southwestern part of Artova County. Until then he was a Bucak in this district and had a population of 15,516 inhabitants at the last census before the change of area (1985). This corresponded to 38.2% of the then district population.
At the end of 2018, the district consisted of the district town of 14 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 191 residents. The scale of the population ranged from 358 ( Alanyurt ) down to 46 ( Selimiye ), six villages had more than the average population. The village of Malum Seyit Tekke became a mahall of the county seat in 2018.
The population density at the end of 2018 was 27.8 inh. Per km², the provincial value was 61.0. The urban population in the second smallest district in the province was 63.95 percent.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on July 27, 2019
- ↑ David Raoul Wilson: Sebastopolis Herakleopolis (Sulusaray) Pontus, Turkey . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- ↑ 1985 census results
