Afyonkarahisar Province

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Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Afyonkarahisar Province
Image:Afyonkarahisar Turkey Provinces locator.jpg
Location of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey
Image:Afyonkarahisar districts.png
Overview
Region:	Aegean Region, Turkey
Area:	14.230 (km²)
Total Population	828,201 TUIK 2006 (est)
Licence plate code:	03
Area code:	0272
Governor Website	http://www.afyonkarahisar.gov.tr
Weather forecast	www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/afyon/

Afyonkarahisar (also called more simply Afyon) is a province in western Turkey.

Adjacent provinces are Kütahya to the northwest, Uşak to the west, Denizli to the southwest, Burdur to the south, Isparta to the southeast, Konya to the east, and Eskişehir to the north. The provincial capital is Afyonkarahisar. It covers an area of 14.230 km², and the population is about 828231 (2006 est).

[edit] Districts

Afyonkarahisar province is divided into 18 districts (capital district in bold):

• Afyonkarahisar
• Başmakçı
• Bayat
• Bolvadin
• Çay
• Çobanlar
• Dazkırı
• Dinar
• Emirdağ
• Evciler
• Hocalar
• İhsaniye
• İscehisar
• Kızılören
• Sandıklı
• Sinanpaşa
• Sultandağı
• Şuhut

[edit] External links

• Pictures of the capital of this province. With old Fortress of Opium, nice old centre. (English)

v • d • e Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Afyonkarahisar Province (in the Aegean region) of Turkey
Urban districts	Afyonkarahisar	Image:Turkey aegean.jpg Image:Afyonkarahisar Turkey Provinces locator.gif Image:Afyonkarahisar districts.png
Rural districts	Başmakçı - Bayat - Bolvadin - Çay - Çobanlar - Dazkırı - Dinar - Emirdağ - Evciler - Hocalar - İhsaniye - İscehisar - Kızılören - Sandıklı - Sinanpaşa - Sultandağı - Şuhut
Regions	Provinces
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak
Black Sea	Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak
Central Anatolia	Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat
East Anatolia	Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elazığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van
Marmara	Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova
Mediterranean	Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Mersin - Osmaniye
Southeastern Anatolia	Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

Coordinates: 38°39′06″N, 30°40′12″E

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