Aksaray Province

Also known as Aksaray, TR-68

province in central Turkey

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Aksaray Province is a region located in central Turkey. It matters as part of Turkey's administrative divisions and serves as an area of settlement and economic activity in the country's interior.

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Population: 390189
Area: 7659
Elevation: 1050
Official website: www.aksaray.gov.tr
Image: Aksaray İl Haritası.jpg
Households: 130725
Life expectancy: 78.11
Dialing code: 382
Licence plate code: 68

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Commons category: Aksaray Province
native label: Aksaray ili
postal code: 68000–68999
annual number of weddings: 3219
male population: 194936
female population: 195253
suicide rate: 5.28
name in kana: アクサライ
total fertility rate: 1.39
mean age: 33.05
minimum temperature record: -29
maximum temperature record: 40.8
water as percent of area: 14.81

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Aksaray Province (Turkish: Aksaray ili) is a province in central Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Konya along the west and south, Ankara to the northwest, Niğde to the southeast, Nevşehir to the east, and Kırşehir to the north. Its area is 7,659 km, and its population is 439.474 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Aksaray.

Aksaray is one of the four provinces in Cappadocia, along with Nevşehir, Niğde, and Kayseri. Also, the 3,000-metre (9,843 ft) 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 2,400 m2 salt lake (0.59 acres), Tuz Gölü, lies within the boundaries of Aksaray, a large swamp area with a maximum depth of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in).