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Kıyıköy

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Also known as Kıyıköy (Kırklareli province, Turkey)

Kıyıköy, historically Medea (; ; ), is a town (belde) in the Vize District, Kırklareli Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,160 (2022). It is on the Black Sea coast, from Vize and away from Kırklareli. It became a municipality in 1987.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
municipality
Turkey place.name
Kıyıköy
Turkey place.image_skyline
Kıyıköy turkey.jpg
Turkey place.province
Kırklareli
Turkey place.district
Vize
Turkey place.population_total
2160
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.postal_code
39480
Turkey place.area_code
0288
Turkey place.leader_name
Tercan Yatkın
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Vize
Continent
Europe
Population
2443
Image
39400 Kıyıköy-Vize-Kırklareli, Turkey - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code
0 288
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postal code
39480
Commons category
Kıyıköy, Kırklareli
inception
1987-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Turkstream pipeline
  • Places of interest
  • References
  • External links

Kıyıköy, historically Medea (; ; ), is a town (belde) in the Vize District, Kırklareli Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,160 (2022). It is on the Black Sea coast, from Vize and away from Kırklareli. It became a municipality in 1987.

Fishing, forestry and tourism are the main local sources of income. The town has a small beach while the surrounding area is covered by dense forest mainly of oak. Two streams, the Kazandere and the Pabuçdere, surround the town in the south and north respectively and flowi into the Black Sea.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kıyıköy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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