Isparta Province
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Isparta is a province in southwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Afyon to the northwest, Burdur to the southwest, Antalya to the south, and Konya to the east. It has an area of 9,012 km² and a population of 434,771 (1990). The provincial capital is Isparta.
The province is well known for its apples, sour cherries, grapes, roses and rose products, and carpets. The best fertile lands are in the area named Uluborlu.
Sites of interest
Kovada Lake and Kızıldağ National Parks, Isparta Gölcüğü, Çamyol and Kuyucak forest recreation areas, Eğirdir oak and Sütçüler forest conservation areas, Eğirdir, Uluborlu and Yalvaç castles, Antiochia in Pisidia and Apollonia antiquity cities, Ertokuş and Dündar Bey old theological schools (medrese), Isparta Hızır Bey, Kutlu Bey, Firdevs Bey, İplik, Eğirdir Hızır Bey, Barla Çaşnigir, Uluğbey Veli Baba mosques, Firdevs Bey Bazaar, Eğirdir Inn (caravansary), Ertokuş Hanı Inn , Baba Sultan Mousoleum, Isparta and Yalvaç Museums.External links
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| Districts of Isparta |
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| Isparta | Aksu | Atabey | Eğirdir | Gelendost | Gönen | Keçiborlu | Senirkent | Sütçüler | Şarkikaraağaç | Uluborlu | Yalvaç | Yenişarbademli | | ||
| Provinces of Turkey |
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| Adana | Adiyaman | Afyonkarahisar | Agri | Aksaray | Amasya | Ankara | Antalya | Ardahan | Artvin | Aydin | Balikesir | Bartin | Batman | Bayburt | Bilecik |Bingöl | Bitlis | Bolu | Burdur | Bursa | Çanakkale | Çankiri | Çorum | Denizli | Diyarbakir | Düzce |Edirne | Elazig | Erzincan | Erzurum | Eskisehir | Gaziantep | Giresun | Gümüshane | Hakkari | Hatay | Igdir | Isparta | Içel | Istanbul | Izmir | Kahramanmaras | Karabük | Karaman | Kars | Kastamonu | Kayseri | Kilis | Kirikkale | Kirklareli | Kirsehir | Kocaeli | Konya | Kütahya | Malatya | Manisa | Mardin | Mugla | Mus | Nevsehir | Nigde | Ordu | Osmaniye | Rize | Sakarya | Samsun | Sanliurfa | Siirt | Sinop | Sirnak | Sivas | Tekirdag | Tokat | Trabzon | Tunceli | Usak | Van | Yalova | Yozgat | Zonguldak | |
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