Gülşehir
Sign in to saveGülşehir, formerly Aravissos and Arapsun, ancient Zoropassos (Ancient Greek: Ζωρόπασος), is a town in Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, in the vicinity of the Fairy Chimney valley of Göreme. It is the seat of Gülşehir District. Its population is 12,474 (2022). Its elevation is .
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Gülşehir
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Gülşehir panorama (cropped).jpg
- Turkey place.province
- Nevşehir
- Turkey place.district
- Gülşehir
- Turkey place.leader_party
- MHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Erkan Çiftci
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 885
- Turkey place.population_total
- 12474
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 50900
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0384
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
- Csb
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- Population
- 21771
- Elevation
- 885
- Official website
- www.gulsehir.gov.tr
- Image
- Gulsehir 01.jpg
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- urban population
- 5970
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- Gülşehir
- rural population
- 26320
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Gülşehir, formerly Aravissos and Arapsun, ancient Zoropassos (Ancient Greek: Ζωρόπασος), is a town in Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, in the vicinity of the Fairy Chimney valley of Göreme. It is the seat of Gülşehir District. Its population is 12,474 (2022). Its elevation is .
==History== The old name of Gülşehir, situated on the southern bank of the Kızıl River, 20 km from Nevşehir, is Arapsun and in ancient times it was called "Zoropassos" by the Hittites. In the vicinity of Gülşehir there are still rocks and steles with inscriptions from the Hittites.
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