Kargı, Çorum Explained

Type:	municipality
Kargı
Coordinates:	41.1344°N 34.4872°W
Province:	Çorum
District:	Kargı
Leader Party:	AKP
Leader Name:	Zeki Şen
Elevation M:	400
Population Total:	5537
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	19910
Area Code:	0364
Blank1 Name:	Climate
Blank1 Info:	Cfa

Kargı (pronounced as /tr/) is a town in Çorum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It's located at 106km (66miles) from the city of Çorum; it is the seat of Dodurga District.^[1] Its population is 5,537 (2022).^[2]

History

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

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.

Notes and References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi
2. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 13 March 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
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)