Çobanlar district

thumb Çobanlar (, Anabora) is a town of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It lies in a plain 25 km east of the city of Afyon. It is the seat of Çobanlar District. Çobanlar district has a total population of 14,403 according to the 2024 census. Çobanlar is 990 m above sea level. In the South Çobanlar's Bey Mountain, in the west Çobanlar's Sultan Mountains. The mayor is Ali Altuntaş (AKP).

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Çobanlar
Turkey place.province: Afyonkarahisar
Turkey place.district: Çobanlar
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Ali Altuntaş
Turkey place.elevation_m: 990
Turkey place.population_total: 14,403
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2024
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Csb

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Instance of: town
Country: Turkey
Located in: Afyonkarahisar Province
Continent: Asia
Official language: Turkish
Population: 14503
Area: 165
Elevation: 992
Time zone: time in Turkey
Image: Çobanlar.jpg

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rural population: 9277
inception: 1990-05-20
urban population: 9190

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Bronze Age burial mounds have been found near the river, and in antiquity the town of Anabura was here, there are remains in the village of Feleli and a statue of Artemis from the site is on display in the museum in Afyon. The undergrand city revealed in year 2003 shows that there was life even before B.C. 400.

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