Tomarza

Tomarza, formerly known as Dumarza (Armenian: Դումարզա), is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,405 km2, and its population is 21,100 (2022). The mayor is Osman Koç (İYİP).

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Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Tomarza
Turkey place.image_map: Kayseri location Tomarza.svg
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Tomarza District in Kayseri Province
Turkey place.province: Kayseri
Turkey place.leader_party: TOMARZA İTTİFAKI
Turkey place.leader_name: Osman Koç
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 1405
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1330
Turkey place.population_total: 21100
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 38900
Turkey place.area_code: 0352

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Population: 22808
Elevation: 1330
Image: Karapınar, Tomarza.jpg

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Commons category: Tomarza
urban population: 21630
rural population: 32170

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Tomarza is a famous city for its pumpkin seeds production. According to Gida Tarim, Tomarza is one of the important pumpkin seed production centers in Turkey. While 60 percent of the snack pumpkin seeds produced in Turkey are met by Kayseri, 25 percent of the production in Kayseri comes from the city of Tomarza. Pumpkin seeds will be planted on 40 thousand acres of land. In 2020, 5 thousand 500 tons of harvest were obtained from the pumpkin seeds for snacks planted on 40 thousand acres of land in Tomarza. Other important activities are potato production, and sheep, goat and cattle-raising.