Type: | district |
Coordinates: | 37.9167°N 81°W |
Province: | Afyonkarahisar |
Seat: | Dazkırı |
Area Total Km2: | 408 |
Population Total: | 11364 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Dazkırı District is a district of Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Dazkırı.[1] Its area is 408 km2,[2] and its population is 11,364 (2021).[3] Lake Acıgöl, the second-largest alkaline lake in the world, is largely within this district. On the Denizli side of the lake there are plants extracting sodium sulphate, but the Dazkırı lake-shore is still agricultural. There is also potential for mining chrome and other minerals.
There is one municipality in Dazkırı District:[1]
There are 16 villages in Dazkırı District:[4]