Type: | municipality |
Büyükmandıra | |
Coordinates: | 41.35°N 33°W |
Province: | Kırklareli |
District: | Babaeski |
Population Total: | 3305 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Elevation M: | 40 |
Postal Code: | 39580 |
Area Code: | 0288 |
Büyükmandıra (or Mandıra for short) is a town (belde) in the Babaeski District, Kırklareli Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 3,305 (2022).[2] The distance to Babaeski is and the distance to Kırklareli is .
Up to 1877 there was an Ottoman royal farm in place of the town. But during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Muslim people from Bulgaria Pomaks who escaped from the Russian armies were settled in the farm to form the core of the town.[3] According to the mayor's page, a well known wrestler named Kavasoğlu İbrahim arranged this allocation.[4] The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1955. The name of the town means "great dairy" and it refers to the main activity of town residents.