Eflani

Eflani
Eflani
District
	A view of Eflani district
	Location of Eflani within Turkey.
Country	Turkey
Region	Black Sea
Province	Karabük
Government
• Mayor	İbrahim Ertuğrul (AKP)
Area
• District	586.62 km2 (226.50 sq mi)
Elevation	897 m (2,943 ft)
Population (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
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Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	78xxx
Area code	370
Licence plate	78
Climate	Cfb
Website	www.eflani.bel.tr

Eflani is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Eflani is located at 100 km south of the Black Sea. 46 km away from, and to the east of Karabük, it is settled on a plateau divided by small rivers among the high mountains and valleys. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 12,270 of which 3,897 live in the town of Eflani.^[2]^[3] The district covers an area of 587 km² (227 sq mi),^[4] and the town lies at an elevation of 897 m (2,943 ft).

History

In Eflani, the traces of past civilizations are the rock tombs,and mosques in the center in the periphery. Eflani served on the route connecting the Amasra colony with inner Anatolia in and the Middle Ages. Between 1292 and 1309, the town was center of the Jandarids.^{[citation needed]}

Education

There are five school in Eflani. Eflani İMKB Çok Programlı Lisesi is one of them and English is a second language in this school.

Eflani today

Having a very rich vegetation due to its humid climate, Eflani serves as a promenade site for the region, with its forests and three ponds. For a certain period, the demand for animals and animal products in the region was met by Eflani, and today the animal breeding though lost its former significance, is still an important subsistence.

What makes Eflani significant in the province are the rich marble ores. The marbles are extracted as blocks and are exported by companies of private sector.