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<span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Niğde_today" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Niğde_today"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Niğde today</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Niğde_today-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Places_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Places_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Places of 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id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fd%C9%99_ili" title="Niğdə ili – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Niğdə ili" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(s%C3%A9ng)" title="Niğde (séng) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Niğde (séng)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%8D_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Нійдэ (правінцыя) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нійдэ (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%8D_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Нійдэ (правінцыя) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Нійдэ (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Нигде (вилает) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Нигде (вилает)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(pokrajina)" title="Niğde (pokrajina) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Niğde (pokrajina)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(provi%C3%B1s)" title="Niğde (proviñs) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Niğde (proviñs)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia_de_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Província de Niğde – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Província de Niğde" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Нигде (ил) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Нигде (ил)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(lalawigan)" title="Niğde (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Niğde (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(provincie)" title="Niğde (provincie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Niğde (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_eanangoddi" title="Niğde eanangoddi – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Niğde eanangoddi" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(Provinz)" title="Niğde (Provinz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Niğde (Provinz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_provints" title="Niğde provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Niğde provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9D%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Επαρχία Νίγδης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Επαρχία Νίγδης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Provincia de Niğde – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Niğde" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Provinco Niğde – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Niğde" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_probintzia" title="Niğde probintzia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Niğde probintzia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%BA%D8%AF%D9%87" title="استان نیغده – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان نیغده" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_Praant" title="Niğde Praant – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Niğde Praant" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(province)" title="Niğde (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Niğde (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EB%8D%B0%EC%A3%BC" title="니데주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="니데주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%AB%D5%B2%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Նիղդեի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նիղդեի մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87" title="निगडे – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="निगडे" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Provinsi Niğde – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Niğde" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Нигде (ил) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Нигде (ил)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Provincia di Niğde – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Niğde" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A6%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ნიღდეს პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნიღდეს პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Mkoa wa Niğde – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Niğde" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Niğde – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Niğde" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Нигде (ил) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Нигде (ил)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magida_(provincia)" title="Magida (provincia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Magida (provincia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%ABgdes_ils" title="Nīgdes ils – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Nīgdes ils" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(tartom%C3%A1ny)" title="Niğde (tartomány) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Niğde (tartomány)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Нигде (покраина) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Нигде (покраина)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="नीदे प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नीदे प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%BA%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="نیغده اوستان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="نیغده اوستان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Wilayah Niğde – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Niğde" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(provincie)" title="Niğde (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Niğde (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E7%9C%8C" title="ニーデ県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ニーデ県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(Prowins)" title="Niğde (Prowins) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Niğde (Prowins)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_(provins)" title="Niğde (provins) – 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Park">Aladağlar Mountains</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ni%C4%9Fde_in_Turkey.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the province within Turkey"><img alt="Location of the province within Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Ni%C4%9Fde_in_Turkey.svg/270px-Ni%C4%9Fde_in_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Ni%C4%9Fde_in_Turkey.svg/405px-Ni%C4%9Fde_in_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Ni%C4%9Fde_in_Turkey.svg/540px-Ni%C4%9Fde_in_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1579" data-file-height="677" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of the province within Turkey</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Niğde">Niğde</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Governor of Niğde">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Cahit Çelik</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,234 km<sup>2</sup> (2,793 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">365,419</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">51/km<sup>2</sup> (130/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Turkey" title="Time in Turkey">TRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Turkey" title="Telephone numbers in Turkey">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0388</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nigde.gov.tr/">www<wbr />.nigde<wbr />.gov<wbr />.tr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Niğde Province</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr"><span style="padding-right:0.15em;">Niğde ili</span></i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">province</a> in the southern part of Central Anatolia, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. Its area is 7,234 km<sup>2</sup>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its population is 365,419 (2022) of which 170,511 live in the city of <a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Niğde">Niğde</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population was 348,081 in 2000 and 305,861 in 1990. Neighbouring provinces are <a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adana_Province" title="Adana Province">Adana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aksaray_Province" title="Aksaray Province">Aksaray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Nevşehir Province">Nevşehir</a>. </p><p>The province is surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges: the <a href="/wiki/Taurus_Mountains" title="Taurus Mountains">Taurus Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hasan" title="Mount Hasan">Mount Hasan</a>, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Melendiz_Mountains&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melendiz Mountains (page does not exist)">Melendiz Mountains</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ni%C4%9Fde_location_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Ni%C4%9Fde_location_districts.png/320px-Ni%C4%9Fde_location_districts.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Ni%C4%9Fde_location_districts.png/480px-Ni%C4%9Fde_location_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Ni%C4%9Fde_location_districts.png/640px-Ni%C4%9Fde_location_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Niğde province is divided into 6 <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Turkey" title="Districts of Turkey">districts</a> (capital district in <b>bold</b>): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altunhisar_District" title="Altunhisar District">Altunhisar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bor_District,_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Bor District, Niğde">Bor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87amard%C4%B1_District" title="Çamardı District">Çamardı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87iftlik_District" title="Çiftlik District">Çiftlik</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_District" title="Niğde District">Niğde</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluk%C4%B1%C5%9Fla_District" title="Ulukışla District">Ulukışla</a></li></ul> <p>Some of the towns within these districts are <a href="/wiki/Bademdere" title="Bademdere">Bademdere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A7eli,_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Bahçeli, Niğde">Bahçeli</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%87iftehan" title="Çiftehan">Çiftehan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darbo%C4%9Faz" title="Darboğaz">Darboğaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fertek" title="Fertek">Fertek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kemerhisar" title="Kemerhisar">Kemerhisar</a>. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Known in antiquity as <i>Nakita</i> or <i>Nahita</i> the name derived from the Iranian goddess <i><a href="/wiki/Anahita" title="Anahita">Anahita</a></i>. It has mutated through <i>Nekidâ</i>, <i>Nekide</i>, <i>Nikde</i> and lastly to <i>Niğde</i> by the republican regime of Turkey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigde9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Nigde9.jpg/250px-Nigde9.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Nigde9.jpg/375px-Nigde9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nigde9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="251" /></a><figcaption>An old photograph of Niğde city center</figcaption></figure> <p>The area has been settled since the Neolithic period of 8000-5500 BC, as proved excavations of burial mounds <a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6y%C3%BCk" class="mw-redirect" title="Höyük">höyük</a> in the district of <a href="/wiki/Bor,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bor, Turkey">Bor</a>, and tin mines on the district of <a href="/wiki/%C3%87amard%C4%B1" title="Çamardı">Çamardı</a> -Keste. The area was later settled by the <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittites</a>, who lived here for a thousand years up until 800BC. The name Nig˘de first occurs in written sources in the form na-hi-ti-ia in a Luwian inscription of king Saruanis from Andaval as was pointed out by <a href="/wiki/Ignace_Gelb" title="Ignace Gelb">Ignace Gelb</a> (Hittite Hieroglyphs II [1935] pp. 17–18). Then came <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Assyrians" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Assyrians">Assyrians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phrygians" title="Phrygians">Phrygians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a>, who built the city of <a href="/wiki/Tyana" title="Tyana">Tyana</a> with its palaces and waterworks. </p><p>Roman rule persisted from the Eastern capital of <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a> until the area was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Turks" class="mw-redirect" title="Seljuk Turks">Seljuk Turks</a> from 1166 onwards. By the early 13th century Niğde was one of the largest cities in <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a> and a number of impressive mosques and tombs date from this period. The area was brought within the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in 1471 and thus passed into the territory of the <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish Republic</a> in the 1920s. </p><p>In 2016, archaeologists discovered in Kınık Mound, an archeological site located in Yeşilyurt village of Altunhisar district at Niğde province, a temple dating back to the late <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Persian</a> era. In 2018, they discovered an ancient <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a> temple and a bull statue made from ceramics.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Niğde_today"><span id="Ni.C4.9Fde_today"></span>Niğde today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Niğde today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EskiG%C3%BCm%C3%BCsFassade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/EskiG%C3%BCm%C3%BCsFassade.jpg/250px-EskiG%C3%BCm%C3%BCsFassade.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/EskiG%C3%BCm%C3%BCsFassade.jpg/375px-EskiG%C3%BCm%C3%BCsFassade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/EskiG%C3%BCm%C3%BCsFassade.jpg/500px-EskiG%C3%BCm%C3%BCsFassade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A façade detail from <a href="/wiki/Eskig%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9F_Monastery" title="Eskigümüş Monastery">Eskigümüş Monastery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Niğde benefits from its rich agriculture, its apples are particularly famous, and its location between the wealthy regions of <a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a> on the Mediterranean coast. Also because the province is near the tourist attractions of <a href="/wiki/Cappadoccia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cappadoccia">Cappadoccia</a> it is close to the airports of <a href="/wiki/Kayseri" title="Kayseri">Kayseri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir" title="Nevşehir">Nevşehir</a>. </p><p>As well as apples important crops include potatoes, cabbages, grain and sugar beet. Niğde is Turkey's biggest potato growing region and has the most apple trees (although newer plantings in other provinces are achieving greater production). </p><p>Meat and dairy are also important activities along with beekeeping and more recently trout farms. </p><p>The country's second largest solar farm is in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Niğde has a rich tradition of folk culture including song and dance and the famous proverb (the Turkish equivalent of "the early bird catches the worm") - <i>"Bor's eastern market is over, ride your donkey to Niğde"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another Niğde tradition is to <i>plum</i> someone (Erikletmek) meaning if you have visitors sit them in the garden and fill them up with plums (or other fruit) so you don't have to give them dinner. </p><p>As recently as 2020, a 1,600 year-old octagonal church was discovered in the excavations of the ancient city of Tyana.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Nar_-_Narl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lake_Nar_-_Narl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l.jpg/220px-Lake_Nar_-_Narl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lake_Nar_-_Narl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l.jpg/330px-Lake_Nar_-_Narl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lake_Nar_-_Narl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l.jpg/440px-Lake_Nar_-_Narl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7360" data-file-height="4912" /></a><figcaption>Lake Nar is a brackish lake situated on the borderline between <a href="/wiki/Aksaray_Province" title="Aksaray Province">Aksaray Province</a> and Niğde Province of central Turkey.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tyana,_Cappadocia,_Turkey_(23777570238).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Tyana%2C_Cappadocia%2C_Turkey_%2823777570238%29.jpg/220px-Tyana%2C_Cappadocia%2C_Turkey_%2823777570238%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Tyana%2C_Cappadocia%2C_Turkey_%2823777570238%29.jpg/330px-Tyana%2C_Cappadocia%2C_Turkey_%2823777570238%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Tyana%2C_Cappadocia%2C_Turkey_%2823777570238%29.jpg/440px-Tyana%2C_Cappadocia%2C_Turkey_%2823777570238%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3329" data-file-height="2205" /></a><figcaption>Roman Aqueduct of the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Tyana" title="Tyana">Tyana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gumusler_Monastery_Courtyard_1202.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Gumusler_Monastery_Courtyard_1202.jpg/220px-Gumusler_Monastery_Courtyard_1202.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Gumusler_Monastery_Courtyard_1202.jpg/330px-Gumusler_Monastery_Courtyard_1202.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Gumusler_Monastery_Courtyard_1202.jpg/440px-Gumusler_Monastery_Courtyard_1202.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8256" data-file-height="5504" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fler_Monastery" title="Gümüşler Monastery">Gumusler Monastery</a> Courtyard</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aladaglar_Nigde_Turkey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Aladaglar_Nigde_Turkey.jpg/250px-Aladaglar_Nigde_Turkey.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Aladaglar_Nigde_Turkey.jpg/375px-Aladaglar_Nigde_Turkey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Aladaglar_Nigde_Turkey.jpg/500px-Aladaglar_Nigde_Turkey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A view from <a href="/wiki/Alada%C4%9Flar" class="mw-redirect" title="Aladağlar">Aladağlar</a> in the province</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Alada%C4%9Flar" class="mw-redirect" title="Aladağlar">Aladağlar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taurus_Mountains" title="Taurus Mountains">Bolkar</a> mountain ranges in the <a href="/wiki/Taurus_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Taurus mountains">Taurus mountains</a> are popular for winter sports, climbing and trekking through the high meadows and mountain villages. The mountains are particularly attractive when the hills are covered in spring flowers. </p> <ul><li>The Aladaglar mountains in particular are one of the most popular climbing venues in Turkey. Although the Aladaglar mountains border on their namesake <a href="/wiki/Alada%C4%9F,_Adana" title="Aladağ, Adana">Aladağ District</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Adana_Province" title="Adana Province">Adana Province</a>, they are generally reached from the villages of Demirkazık and Çukurbağ in <a href="/wiki/%C3%87amard%C4%B1" title="Çamardı">Çamardı</a>.</li> <li>The Bolkar mountains have a 7 km ski-run and a crater lake.</li> <li>The Melendiz Mountains (Melendiz Dağlar) have an elevation of 2963 meters, or (9721 feet).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Niğde is part of <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a> and does attract some tourists to its historical sites, although nothing like as many as the centre of the area in <a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Nevşehir Province">Nevşehir</a>. Sites of historical importance in Niğde include many churches, mosques and <i>underground cities</i> (safe-havens cut deep down into the soft volcanic rock). Another important site is the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Tyana" title="Tyana">Tyana</a> and a number of Roman waterways in the district of <a href="/wiki/Bor,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bor, Turkey">Bor</a>. </p><p>An important underground city and ancient monastery is located in <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fler,_Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Gümüşler, Niğde">Gümüşler, Niğde</a>, called <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fler_Monastery" title="Gümüşler Monastery">Gümüşler Monastery</a>. </p><p>In Ulukışla, <a href="/wiki/%C3%96k%C3%BCz_Mehmet_Pasha_Complex" title="Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex">Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex</a>, a <a href="/wiki/K%C3%BClliye" title="Külliye">külliye</a> is a 17th-century structure. </p><p>Niğde also has a number of mineral hot-springs and other attractions, so with a little investment in hotels and other infrastructure the province could attract more tourists than at present. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Churches">Churches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Andaval Church</li> <li>Aktaş Church Mosque (Greek Church)</li> <li>Fertek Church Mosque</li> <li>Prodromos Church</li> <li>Yeşilyurt <a href="/wiki/Altunhisar" title="Altunhisar">Altunhisar</a> Antik Roma Kilisesi</li> <li>Hançerli Church</li> <li>Hasaköy Church, formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Macrina_the_Younger" title="Macrina the Younger">Aya Makrina</a></li> <li>Konakli, formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea" title="Basil of Caesarea">St. Basil</a> (St. Demetrius of <a href="/wiki/Misthi,_Cappadocia" title="Misthi, Cappadocia">Misthi</a>) Church</li> <li>Kumulca Church Mosque</li> <li>Kurdunus (Hamamlı) Church</li> <li>Küçükköy Church</li> <li>Narli Lake Chapel</li> <li>Yeşil Burç Church Mosque</li> <li>Dikiltaş (Obelisk) Church</li> <li>Balli Church</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_Ni%C4%9Fde_Province" title="List of populated places in Niğde Province">List of populated places in Niğde Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Turkey" title="Christianity in Turkey">Christianity in Turkey</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ni%C4%9Fde_Province&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Turkey">region</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Region_(statistical)" title="Istanbul Region (statistical)">Istanbul</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Marmara_Region_(statistical)" title="West Marmara Region (statistical)">West Marmara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirne_Province" title="Edirne Province">Edirne</a></li> <li><a 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