Taşkesti
Sign in to saveTaşkesti is a town (belde) in the Mudurnu District, Bolu Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,339 (2021). 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.
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Taşkesti is a town (belde) in the Mudurnu District, Bolu Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,339 (2021). 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.
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