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Kargı, Çorum

Coordinates: 41°08′04″N 34°29′14″E / 41.13444°N 34.48722°E / 41.13444; 34.48722
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Kargı
Kargı is located in Turkey
Kargı
Kargı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°08′04″N 34°29′14″E / 41.13444°N 34.48722°E / 41.13444; 34.48722
CountryTurkey
ProvinceÇorum
DistrictKargı
Government
 • MayorZeki Şen (AKP)
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
5,537
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
19910
Area code0364
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.kargi.bel.tr

Kargı (Turkish: [ˈkaɾɡɯ]) is a town in Çorum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It's located at 106 km (66 mi) from the city of Çorum; it is the seat of Kargı District.[2] Its population is 5,537 (2022).[1]

History

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The first settlement in Kargı is known in the Hellenistic period as Blaene, mentioned by Strabo.[3] From 1867 until 1922, Kargı was part of Angora vilayet.

Economy

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The district is known for growing high-quality rice and okra and for producing a particular type of crumbly goat's milk cheese called tulum peyniri.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ “There remains that part of the Pontic province which lies outside the Halys River, I mean the country round Mt. Olgassys, contiguous to Sinope. Mt. Olgassys is extremely high and hard to travel. And temples that have been established everywhere on this mountain are held by the Paphlagonians. And round it lies fairly good territory, both Blaene and Domanitis, through which latter flows the Amnias River. Here Mithridates Eupator utterly wiped out the forces of Nicomedes the Bithynian — not in person, however, since it happened that he was not even present, but through his generals.” From Strabo’s Geography 12.3.40 (*Sinopis in the source was corrected to Sinope and *Faphlagonians [sic] to Paphlagonians)