Madenköy
Sign in to saveMadenköy (literally village of mines) is a village in Ulukışla District of Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 172 (2022). It is situated in high reaches in Toros Mountains. It is about to state highway D.750. Distance to Ulukışla is and to Niğde is . There is a small lake at the west of the village and the frog species Rana holtzi inhabits the shore of the lake. A mining company plans to open gold mines around the village . But villagers oppose the plan.
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- village of Turkey
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Ulukışla
- Population
- 237
- Elevation
- 1730
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
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Madenköy (literally village of mines) is a village in Ulukışla District of Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 172 (2022). It is situated in high reaches in Toros Mountains. It is about to state highway D.750. Distance to Ulukışla is and to Niğde is . There is a small lake at the west of the village and the frog species Rana holtzi inhabits the shore of the lake. A mining company plans to open gold mines around the village . But villagers oppose the plan.
==See also== Karagöl
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