Aksaray Province ( Turkish : Aksaray ili ) is a province in central Turkey . Its adjacent provinces are Konya along the west and south, Ankara to the northwest, Niğde to the southeast, Nevşehir to the east, and Kırşehir to the north. Its area is 7,659 km , and its population is 433,055 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Aksaray .
5-519: Ağaçören , formerly Panlı , is a town in Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey . It is the seat of Ağaçören District . Its population is 2,878 (2021). Its average elevation is 1,100 m (3,609 ft). The town consists of the quarters Camili , Gümüştepe, Kale, Yeni, Yurtsever and Zafer. This geographical article about a location in Aksaray Province , Turkey
10-522: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aksaray Province Aksaray is one of the four provinces in Cappadocia , along with Nevşehir, Niğde, and Kayseri . Also, the 3,000-metre (9,843 ft) volcano Mount Hasan stands between Aksaray and Niğde . Summers are hot and dry on the plain, but the area is green and covered in flowers in springtime, when water streams off the mountainside. The 2,400 m2 salt lake (0.59 acres), Tuz Gölü , lies within
15-526: The Roman , Byzantine and the Turkish periods. Today Aksaray is a rural, agricultural province, its people religious and conservative. Since the 1950s, many have moved to Europe as migrant workers. The population of Aksaray has long included a higher proportion of Kurdish people than most central Anatolian provinces. Many were resettled here from Tunceli , Diyarbakir , Adiyaman . and other eastern cities following
20-574: The area around Aksaray bears monuments to a string of civilisations that have settled on the plain in that time. The mound of Aşıklı Höyük in the town of Kızılkaya indicates a settlement dating back to 5,000BC (and also a skull of a woman who had apparently been trepanned, the earliest known record of brain surgery). Later the Silk Road came through here so caravanserai and then larger and larger settlements were built to supply and shelter travellers and traders. The city and surroundings of Aksaray thrived in
25-487: The boundaries of Aksaray, a large swamp area with a maximum depth of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). Aksaray province is divided into 8 districts (capital district in bold ): In antiquity the area was named Archelais Garsaura , which was mutated to Taksara during the Seljuk Turkish era, and then to Aksaray . Aksaray means "White Palace" in Turkish . The plains of central Anatolia have been settled for 8,000 years, and
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