Name | Aksaray |
Alt names | Aksaray | source: Wikipedia |
Type | Province |
Located in | Turkey |
See also | İc Anadolu | Removed name of Region |
Contained Places - Inhabited place
- Aksaray
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Aksaray Province is a province in central Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Konya along the west and south, Niğde to the southeast, Nevşehir to the east, and Kırşehir to the north. It covers an area of . The provincial capital is the city of Aksaray.
Aksaray is one of the four provinces in the area of Cappadocia, along with Nevşehir, Niğde and Kayseri. Also the volcano Mount Hasan stands between Aksaray and Niğde. Summers are hot and dry on the plain, but the area is green and covered in flowers in springtime, when water streams off the mountainside. The , Tuz Gölü, lies within the boundaries of Aksaray, a large area of swamp with a maximum depth of .
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