Kayıhan | |
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Coordinates: 39°00′N 30°30′E / 39.000°N 30.500°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Afyonkarahisar |
District | İhsaniye |
Population (2022) | 2,119 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Kayıhan is a town ( belde) and municipality in the İhsaniye District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 2,119 (2022). [2] The Kayıhan municipality was created in 1989 by the consolidation of the villages of Tekke, Garen, and Kunduzlu. [3] Kayıhan's current neighborhoods include Pınar, Cumhuriyet, Türbe, and Kunduzlu. [4] [5]
Adjacent to Kayıhan's Hayran Veli Mosque is the tomb of Hayran Veli Sultan, said to be a folk healer from Khorasan. [6] Near Kayıhan are various ruins of the Göynüş Valley (the "Phrygian Valley") such as the Aslantaş ("lion stone"). [7]
The name "Kayıhan" is said to come from the Kayı tribe to which Oghuz Khan belonged. [3] The settlement was also formerly known as "Kaya-Viran" (rock ruin), after being destroyed in an earthquake. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1940 | 656 | — |
1945 | 640 | −0.49% |
1960 | 850 | +1.91% |
1997 | 2,698 | +3.17% |
2007 | 2,576 | −0.46% |
2012 | 2,201 | −3.10% |
2017 | 2,103 | −0.91% |
2022 | 2,119 | +0.15% |
Source: Population censuses (1940-1997) [8] [9] [10] [11] and TÜIK (2007-2022) [2] |
Kayıhan | |
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Coordinates: 39°00′N 30°30′E / 39.000°N 30.500°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Afyonkarahisar |
District | İhsaniye |
Population (2022) | 2,119 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Kayıhan is a town ( belde) and municipality in the İhsaniye District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 2,119 (2022). [2] The Kayıhan municipality was created in 1989 by the consolidation of the villages of Tekke, Garen, and Kunduzlu. [3] Kayıhan's current neighborhoods include Pınar, Cumhuriyet, Türbe, and Kunduzlu. [4] [5]
Adjacent to Kayıhan's Hayran Veli Mosque is the tomb of Hayran Veli Sultan, said to be a folk healer from Khorasan. [6] Near Kayıhan are various ruins of the Göynüş Valley (the "Phrygian Valley") such as the Aslantaş ("lion stone"). [7]
The name "Kayıhan" is said to come from the Kayı tribe to which Oghuz Khan belonged. [3] The settlement was also formerly known as "Kaya-Viran" (rock ruin), after being destroyed in an earthquake. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1940 | 656 | — |
1945 | 640 | −0.49% |
1960 | 850 | +1.91% |
1997 | 2,698 | +3.17% |
2007 | 2,576 | −0.46% |
2012 | 2,201 | −3.10% |
2017 | 2,103 | −0.91% |
2022 | 2,119 | +0.15% |
Source: Population censuses (1940-1997) [8] [9] [10] [11] and TÜIK (2007-2022) [2] |