Tomarza

Tomarza
Tomarza
District and municipality
	Map showing Tomarza District in Kayseri Province
	Tomarza Location in Turkey Tomarza Tomarza (Turkey Central Anatolia)
	Coordinates: 38°26′50″N 35°47′57″E / 38.44722°N 35.79917°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Kayseri
Government
• Mayor	Osman Koç (TOMARZA İTTİFAKI)
Area	1,405 km2 (542 sq mi)
Elevation	1,330 m (4,360 ft)
Population (2022)	21,100
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	38900
Area code	0352
Website	www.tomarza.bel.tr

Tomarza, formerly known as Dumarza (Armenian: Դումարզա), is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey.^[3] Its area is 1,405 km²,^[4] and its population is 21,100 (2022).^[2] The mayor is Osman Koç (İYİP).

Tomarza is a famous city for its pumpkin seeds production. According to Gida Tarim,^[5] Tomarza is one of the important pumpkin seed production centers in Turkey. While 60 percent of the snack pumpkin seeds produced in Turkey are met by Kayseri, 25 percent of the production in Kayseri comes from the city of Tomarza. Pumpkin seeds will be planted on 40 thousand acres of land. In 2020, 5 thousand 500 tons of harvest were obtained from the pumpkin seeds for snacks planted on 40 thousand acres of land in Tomarza. Other important activities are potato production, and sheep, goat and cattle-raising.

Composition

There are 54 neighbourhoods in Tomarza District:^[6]

Akdere
Akmezar
Arslantaş
Avşarsöğütlü
Bektaş
Böke
Bostanlık
Büyükcanlı
Büyüksüvegen
Çanakpınar
Çayinli
Cücün
Çukurağaç
Çulha
Cumhuriyet
Dadaloğlu
Dağyurdu
Ekinli
Emiruşağı
Göktepe
Gülveren
Güzelce
Güzelsu
Hacıpaşa
İcadiye
İmamkullu
İncili
Işıklar
Kaleköy
Kapıkaya
Karamuklu
Karaören
Kesir
Kevenağıl
Kızılören
Koçcagız
Kömürköy
Köprüköy
Küçükcanlı
Kurtuluş
Melikören
Pusatlı
Sarımehmetli
Şeyhbarak
Şiraz
Söğütlü
Tahtakemer
Tatarköy
Toklar
Turanlı
Üçkonak
Yavuz Selim
Yeni
Yeşilbağ

Climate

Tomarza has a warm summer continental climate (Dfb) with cold winters and very warm, dry summers with cool nights. Rainfall occurs mostly during the spring and early summer.

Climate data for Tomarza, Kayseri province (1988-2012)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	1 (34)	3 (37)	8 (46)	15 (59)	19 (66)	23 (73)	27 (81)	28 (82)	24 (75)	18 (64)	10 (50)	4 (39)	15 (59)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−9 (16)	−7 (19)	−3 (27)	1 (34)	4 (39)	7 (45)	9 (48)	9 (48)	5 (41)	2 (36)	−2 (28)	−5 (23)	1 (34)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	38 (1.5)	42 (1.7)	44 (1.7)	54 (2.1)	55 (2.2)	41 (1.6)	11 (0.4)	8 (0.3)	17 (0.7)	34 (1.3)	38 (1.5)	45 (1.8)	427 (16.8)
Source: Weather2^[7]

References

^ "Kayseri Olay Haber". Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Kayseri'de kabak çekirdeği ekimi başladı". 17 May 2021.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Tomarza, Turkey Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)".

External links

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[1] "Kayseri Olay Haber". Retrieved 3 April 2024.

[tuik-2] "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[3] Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[4] "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[5] "Kayseri'de kabak çekirdeği ekimi başladı". 17 May 2021.

[6] Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[7] "Tomarza, Turkey Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)".

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