Akdağmadeni
Municipality
Akdağmadeni is located in Turkey
Akdağmadeni
Akdağmadeni
Location in Turkey
Akdağmadeni is located in Turkey Central Anatolia
Akdağmadeni
Akdağmadeni
Akdağmadeni (Turkey Central Anatolia)
Coordinates: 39°39′57″N 35°53′01″E / 39.66583°N 35.88361°E / 39.66583; 35.88361
CountryTurkey
ProvinceYozgat
DistrictAkdağmadeni
Government
 • MayorNezih Yalçın (MHP)
Elevation
1,344 m (4,409 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
22,180
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
66540
Area code0354
Websitewww.akdagmadeni.bel.tr

Akdağmadeni (Greek: Ἀργυρίων, Argyríōn[2]) is a town in the Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Akdağmadeni District.[3] Its population is 22,180 (2022).[1] Its elevation is 1,344 m (4,409 ft).[4]

According to the Ottoman population statistics of 1914, the kaza of Akdağmadeni had a total population of 48,759, consisting of 37,081 Muslims, 7,892 Greeks, 3,312 Armenians, 49 Protestants and 425 Roma.[5] Most of the Armenians and Greeks were killed or expelled by 1923.

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Γεώργιος Κλεάνθης Σκαλιέρης, Λαοί και φυλαί της Μικράς Ασίας. Μετά πινάκων και χαρτών. Athens (Typos) 1922, p. 42. Digitalized version
  3. ↑ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Akdağmadeni, Turkey". Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Kemal Karpat (1985), Ottoman Population, 1830-1914, Demographic and Social Characteristics, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 172-173


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