Tosya
Sign in to savethumb|Cukurhan.jpg Tosya (), previously called Theodosia (Greek: Θεοδοσία) or Doceia (Greek: Δοκεία) under the Byzantine Empire, is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tosya District. Its population is 28,963 (2021). It is the home town of the famous Boyner family and the birthplace of Markos Vafeiadis (1906–1992), a famous Greek politician.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Tosya
- Turkey place.province
- Kastamonu
- Turkey place.district
- Tosya
- Turkey place.leader_party
- MHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Volkan Kavaklıgil
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 880
- Turkey place.population_total
- 28963
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 37300
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0366
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
- Cfa
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- Population
- 40245
- Elevation
- 1231
- Image
- Cukurhan.jpg
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- postal code
- 37300
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- Tosya
- urban population
- 28963
- rural population
- 10745
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thumb|Cukurhan.jpg Tosya (), previously called Theodosia (Greek: Θεοδοσία) or Doceia (Greek: Δοκεία) under the Byzantine Empire, is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tosya District. Its population is 28,963 (2021). It is the home town of the famous Boyner family and the birthplace of Markos Vafeiadis (1906–1992), a famous Greek politician.
The North Anatolian Fault is located in this area. This caused a major earthquake in 1943.
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