Korkuteli
Sign in to saveKorkuteli is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,433 km2, and its population is 56,285 (2022). It is north-west of the city of Antalya. It was previously called İstanoz or Stenez.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Korkuteli
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Korkuteli; Blick auf die Stadt.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Korkuteli; east view of the city from the dam.
- Turkey place.image_map
- Antalya location Korkuteli.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Korkuteli District in Antalya Province
- Turkey place.province
- Antalya
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Saniye Caran
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 2433
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 1020
- Turkey place.population_total
- 56285
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 07800
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0242
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Official name
- Korkuteli
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Antalya Province
- Continent
- Asia
- Official language
- Turkish
- Population
- 55883
- Elevation
- 1020
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.korkuteli.bel.tr
- Image
- Korkuteli; Tarihi Hamam; 13. Jahrhundert.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 07
Show 5 more facts
- native label
- Korkuteli
- urban population
- 12039
- twinned administrative body
- Jarocin
- rural population
- 34973
- Commons category
- Korkuteli
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Composition
- History
- Isinda
- Demographics
- References
- External links
Korkuteli is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,433 km2, and its population is 56,285 (2022). It is north-west of the city of Antalya. It was previously called İstanoz or Stenez.
==Etymology== Its modern name comes from Korkut, an Ottoman prince, who was murdered by his brother Selim I while trying to hide in a cave in the district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korkuteli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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