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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- 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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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).
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.