Tosya

Coordinates: 41°05′50″N 34°02′13″E / 41.09722°N 34.03694°E / 41.09722; 34.03694
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Tosya
District
Kılkuyu village in Tosya
Kılkuyu village in Tosya
Location of Tosya within Turkey.
Location of Tosya within Turkey.
Tosya is located in Turkey
Tosya
Tosya
Location of Tosya
Coordinates: 41°06′N 34°02′E / 41.100°N 34.033°E / 41.100; 34.033
Country Turkey
RegionBlack Sea
ProvinceKastamonu
Government
 • MayorKazım Şahin (AKP)
Area
[1]
 • District1,185.62 km2 (457.77 sq mi)
Elevation
1,231 m (4,039 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
28,097
 • District
40,547
 • District density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
37300
Area code366
Licence plate37
ClimateCfb
Websitewww.tosya.gov.tr

Tosya (Ottoman Turkish: طوسيه), called Dokeia under the Byzantine Empire, is a town and district of Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, the population of the district is 41,995. [3] About 30,000 live in the town of Tosya. The district covers an area of 1,186 km2 (458 sq mi),[4] and the town lies at an elevation of 1,231 m (4,039 ft). The district produces a third of Turkey's total rice harvest. Timber is another important industry in Tosya.

The North Anatolian Fault is located in this area.[5] This caused a major earthquake in 1943.

Notes

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ Turkish Statistical Institute. "Census 2000, Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey" (XLS) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  4. ^ Statoids. "Statistical information on districts of Turkey". Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  5. ^ Dhonta, Damien. “Polyphased block tectonics along the North Anatolian Fault in the Tosya basin area (Turkey)”, Tectonophysics (journal), Volume 299, 20 December 1998, Pages 213-227.

References

External links

Media related to Kilkuyu, Tosya at Wikimedia Commons

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