Type: | municipality |
Taşkesti | |
Coordinates: | 40.5667°N 31°W |
Province: | Bolu |
District: | Mudurnu |
Elevation M: | 560 |
Population Total: | 2339 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Blank1 Info: | Cfb |
Postal Code: | 14810 |
Area Code: | 0374 |
Taşkesti is a town (belde) in the Mudurnu District, Bolu Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 2,339 (2021).[2] It is situated in dense forestry. It is on a tributary of Sakarya River and Turkish state highway D.140 from west to Mudurnu. The distance to Mudurnu is and to Bolu is . The area around Taşkesti was populated during Phrygian Kingdom of the antiquity. But Taşkesti was founded in 1957 after an earthquake. In 1989, the settlement was declared a seat of township. In addition to agriculture, forestry and forest product industry are the main economic activities of the town.[3]