Büyükmandıra

Büyükmandıra (or Mandıra for short) is a town (belde) in the Babaeski District, Kırklareli Province, Turkey.^[2] Its population is 3,305 (2022).^[1] The distance to Babaeski is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and the distance to Kırklareli is 50 kilometres (31 mi).

Büyükmandıra
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°21′N 27°06′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Kırklareli
District	Babaeski
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]	3,305
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	39580
Area code	0288

Up to 1877 there was an Ottoman royal farm in place of the town. But during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Muslim people from Bulgaria Pomaks who escaped from the Russian armies were settled in the farm to form the core of the town.^[3] According to the mayor's page, a well known wrestler named Kavasoğlu İbrahim arranged this allocation.^[4] The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1955. The name of the town means "great dairy" and it refers to the main activity of town residents.

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
2. Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
3. "Büyükmandra/ Alpullu / Babaeski / Kırklareli".
4. Mayor's page (in Turkish) Archived September 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine