Beyağaç district
Sign in to saveBeyağaç is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 6,197 (2022). Beyağaç district area neighbors those of three other districts of Denizli Province from the north-west to the south-east, namely Kale, Tavas and Acıpayam and the central district and Köyceğiz district of Muğla Province to its west. It is closer to the neighboring provincial seat of Muğla than its own. Among the districts of Denizli Province as a whole, Beyağaç is the one which is the closest to the Turkish Riviera coastline, along its Marmaris, Köyceğiz and Fethiye axis.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Beyağaç
- Turkey place.image_map
- Denizli location Beyağaç.png
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Beyağaç District in Denizli Province
- Turkey place.province
- Denizli
- Turkey place.leader_party
- YRP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Sezayi Pütün
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 333
- Turkey place.population_total
- 6197
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 20590
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0258
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Beyağaç is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 6,197 (2022). Beyağaç district area neighbors those of three other districts of Denizli Province from the north-west to the south-east, namely Kale, Tavas and Acıpayam and the central district and Köyceğiz district of Muğla Province to its west. It is closer to the neighboring provincial seat of Muğla than its own. Among the districts of Denizli Province as a whole, Beyağaç is the one which is the closest to the Turkish Riviera coastline, along its Marmaris, Köyceğiz and Fethiye axis.
The district center first came into existence as a large village with the fusion in 1996 of two neighboring villages, Eskere and Sarıyer, under the name Beyağaç (meaning 'gentleman's tree'). Beyağaç was made into a municipality in 1972, and was under Kale as its district center and became a district center of its own in the year 1991. The present name Beyağaç literally means 'the venerable tree', a reference to ancient black pine forests that surround the town and which are under protection. Beyağaç has seven depending villages.