Afyonkarahisar Province
Afyonkarahisar Province (), often shortened to Afyon Province, is a Provinces of Turkey, province in western Turkey. Its area is 14,016 km2, and its population is 747,555 (2022). The provincial capital is Afyonkarahisar.
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. It lies in a plain 25 km east of the city of
Afyon
Afyonkarahisar (, 'poppy, opium', ''kara'' 'black', ''hisar'' 'fortress') is a major city in western Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Afyonkarahisar Province and Afyonkarahisar District. Its population is 251,799 (2021). Afyon is in the ...
. It is the seat of
Çobanlar District
Çobanlar District is a Districts of Turkey, district of Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Çobanlar.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its population is 9,190 (2021). Çobanlar is 990 m above sea level. In the South Çobanlar's Bey Mountain, in the west Çobanlar's
Sultan Mountains
The Sultan Mountains (), also known as Sultan Dagh range or Sultan Dag, is a short mountain range on the western edge of the Anatolian Plateau, Turkey with highest elevation of .
The town of Sultandağı is their namesake.
They are made up of m ...
Bronze Age
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burial mound
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s have been found near the river, and in antiquity the town of ''Anabura'' was here, there are remains in the village of ''Feleli'' and a statue of
Artemis
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from the site is on display in the museum in Afyon. The undergrand city revealed in year 2003 shows that there was life even before B.C. 400.
In the town there are a number of classic
Ottoman Empire
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period houses with courtyards.
Today the area is a rural district, the major production is
sugar beet
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. In the countryside the people drive home-made vehicles (half-trailer, half pick-up truck) called ''pat-pat''.