Demirköy District
Demirköy District | |
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Limanköy Lighthouse | |
Map showing Demirköy District in Kırklareli Province | |
Location in Turkey Demirköy District (Marmara) | |
| Coordinates: 41°49′N 27°46′E / 41.817°N 27.767°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kırklareli |
| Seat | Demirköy |
| Government | |
| • Kaymakam | Yaşar Şimşek |
Area | 893 km2 (345 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 8,961 |
| • Density | 10.0/km2 (26.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www |
Demirköy District is a district of the Kırklareli Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Demirköy at the Istranca/Yildiz Mountains at the foot of the Mahya Dağı.[1] Its area is 893 km2,[2] and its population is 8,961 (2022).[3] The population of different background merged, and are now called simple Hill people (Dağlılar). It was a significant industrial hub in the 15th century due to its iron and copper ore processing, with the Demirköy foundry supplying cannonballs for the ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453.
Demirköy Mountains
- Mahya Dağı (1031 m) is the Highest mountain, followed by:[4]
- Karamanbayır Tepesi (995 m)
- Boyunduruk Tepesi (973 m)
- Fatmakaya Tepesi (901 m)
- Kaynak Tepesi (898 m)
- Paraşüt Tepesi (883 m)
- Meşe Tepesi (872 m)
- Haydut Tepesi (860 m)
- Sivritepe (851 m)
- Kaletepe (846 m)
- Bıçkı Tepesi (726 m)
- Çavuştepe (726 m)
- Dalyantepe (725 m)
- Karakoltepe (719 m)
- Bocalar Tepe (680 m)
- Ceviz Tepe (675 m)
- Yangınkulesi Tepe (629 m)
- Yeltepe (618 m)
- Topkoru Tepe (592 m)
- Soğuksu Tepesi (567 m)
- Büyükbezirgan Tepe (412 m)
- Kocataş Tepesi (281 m)
- Koca Tepe (207 m)
References
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, 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 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "Demirköy Mountains".