Tosya District is a district of the Kastamonu Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Tosya.[1] Its area is 1,302 km2,[2] and its population is 39,708 (2021).[3] The district produces a third of Turkey's total rice harvest. Timber is another important industry in Tosya. The area which consists of Tosya and İskilip district of Çorum Province was known as Tarittara or Turmitta during the Hittite era.[4]
Tosya District | |
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 Kilkuyu village | |
 Map showing Tosya District (green) in Kastamonu Province | |
  Tosya District Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′N 34°02′E / 41.100°N 34.033°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kastamonu |
| Seat | Tosya |
| Government | |
| • Kaymakam | Suat Hatam |
Area | 1,302 km2 (503 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 39,708 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (79/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www |
Composition
editThere is one municipality in Tosya District:[1]
There are 54 villages in Tosya District:[5]
- Ahmetoğlu
- Akbük
- Akseki
- Aşağıberçin
- Aşağıdikmen
- Aşağıkayı
- Bayat
- Bürnük
- Çakırlar
- Çaybaşı
- Çaykapı
- Çeltikçi
- Çepni
- Çevlik
- Çifter
- Çukurköy
- Dağardı
- Dağçatağı
- Dedem
- Ekincik
- Ermelik
- Gökçeöz
- Gökomuz
- Gövrecik
- İncebel
- Karabey
- Karaköy
- Karasapaça
- Kargın
- Kayaönü
- Keçeli
- Kınık
- Kızılca
- Kilkuyu
- Kösen
- Küçükkızılca
- Küçüksekiler
- Kuşçular
- Mısmılağaç
- Musaköy
- Ortalıca
- Özboyu
- Sapaca
- Şarakman
- Sekiler
- Sevinçören
- Sofular
- Suluca
- Yağcılar
- Yenidoğan
- Yukarıberçin
- Yukarıdikmen
- Yukarıkayı
- Zincirlikuyu
References
edit- ^ a b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Matthews, Roger; Glatz, Claudia (2009). "The historical geography of north-central Anatolia in the Hittite period: texts and archaeology in concert". Anatolian Studies. 59: 51–72. doi:10.1017/S0066154600000879. ISSN 0066-1546. JSTOR 27896788. S2CID 162335710.
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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