Korgan
Korgan | |
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District and municipality | |
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| Map showing Korgan District in Ordu Province Map showing Korgan District in Ordu Province | |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Ordu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sait Korgan (İYİ) |
Area | 254 km2 (98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 764 m (2,507 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 27,349 |
| • Density | 108/km2 (279/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 52700 |
| Area code | 0452 |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | www |
Korgan is a municipality and district of Ordu Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 254 km2,[3] and its population is 27,349 (2022).[1] The town lies at an elevation of 764 m (2,507 ft).[4]
History
[edit | edit source]The district of Korgan has been a source of iron ore since the reign of Mithridates, King of Pontus, and even before that the area was occupied by Persians in the reign of Darius I in the 6th century BC, as part of the Satrapy of Pontus and Cappadocia. The Persian presence was erased by the armies of Alexander the Great in 331BC, and the area eventually became part of the Kingdom of Pontus and then the Roman Empire. This era ended in 1083 when Korgan was conquered by the Turkish armies of Danishmend Gazi. Subsequently a number of Turkish tribes ruled here until 1398 when Bayezid I brought the area, then known as Keşdere after a tributary of the River Bolaman, into the Ottoman Empire.
Composition
[edit | edit source]There are 29 neighbourhoods in Korgan District:[5]
- Aşağıkozpınar
- Aşağıyaylacık
- Belalan
- Beypınarı
- Büyükakçakese
- Çamlı
- Çayırkent
- Çiftlik
- Çitlice
- Dip
- Durali
- Karakışla
- Karakoyunlu
- Koççığaz
- Sarıaliç
- Soğukpınar
- Tatarcık
- Tepe
- Tepealan
- Terzili
- Yazıcı
- Yazlık
- Yeniköy
- Yenipınar
- Yeşilalan
- Yeşildere
- Yeşilyurt
- Yukarıkozpınar
- Yukarıyaylacık
References
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- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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- ^ Mahalle Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
External links
[edit | edit source]- District municipality's official website (in Turkish)
- Road map of Korgan and environs
- Various images of Korgan, Ordu Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Korgan Dünü ve Bugünü
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