Aksaray Province
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Aksaray Province (Turkis: Aksaray ili) is a province in central Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Konya alang the wast an sooth, Niğde tae the sootheast, Nevşehir tae the east, an Kırşehir tae the north. It covers an aurie o 7,626 km². The provincial caipital is the ceety o Aksaray.
Aksaray Province Aksaray ili | |
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Location of Aksaray Province in Turkey | |
Kintra | Turkey |
Region | Central Anatolie |
Govrenment | |
• Electoral destrict | Aksaray |
Area | |
• Tot | 7,626 km2 (2,944 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Tot | 396,673 |
• Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Area code(s) | 0382 |
Vehicle registration | 68 |
This is a region o great naitural brawness: Aksaray is ane o the fower provinces in the hintle-visitit aurie o Cappadocia, alang wi Nevşehir, Niğde an Kayseri. An aw the 3,000m volcano Mount Hasan staunds atween Aksaray an Niğde. Simmers are het an dry on the plain, but the aurie is green an covered in flouers in waretime, when watter streams aff the muntainside. The 2400 km² salt lake, Tuz Gölü, lees athin the boondaries o Aksaray, a muckle aurie o swamp wi a maximum depth o 1 metre.