Akpınar, Kırşehir

Akpınar is a town and district of Kırşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, the population of the district is 13,349, of whom 3,696 live in the town of Akpınar.[3]

Akpınar
District
Location of Akpınar, Kırşehir within Turkey.
Akpınar
Location of Akpınar, Kırşehir within Turkey.
Coordinates: 39°26′N 33°58′E
Country Turkey
ProvinceKırşehir
Government
 • MayorMustafa Karahan (AKP)
Area
 • District527.20 km2 (203.55 sq mi)
Elevation
1,167 m (3,829 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
3,071
 • District
8,275
 • District density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
40xxx
Area code(s)0386
Licence plate40
Websitewww.akpinar.gov.tr

History

According to the article by Abdulbaki Uçan, "İkiztepe Tümülüsü ve Hitit aydınlığı"[4] Akpınar was founded by the primitive clans of the pre-Hittites. In the environs of Akpınar some artificial mounds support Uçan's assumption. He conducted a surface search in 2011 (Tekhöyük) and after that published an article on the surface ruins of Tekhöyük and İkiztepe Tumulus. In 1986 Tsugio Mikami and Sachihiro Omura were in the vicinity of Akpınar under the aegis of the Japan Middle Eastern Culture Center and found some ruins of the Iron Age and Bronze Age in the surface levels at Akpınar Höyük. Nevertheless there is no comprehensive research about the ancient history of Akpınar except for Uçan's article.

Notes
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Turkish Statistical Institute. "Census 2000, Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey" (in Turkish). Archived from the original (XLS) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  4. Türkçebilgi.com: Büyükabdiuşağı, Akpınar

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