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Niksar, historically known as Neocaesarea (Νεοκαισάρεια), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Niksar District. Its population is 37,017 (2022). It was settled by many empires. Niksar is known as "Çukurova of North-Anatolia" due to its production of many kinds of fruits and vegetables. On May 2, 2018, Niksar was included in the World Heritage tentative list.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
municipality
Turkey place.name
Niksar
Turkey place.image_skyline
Niksar,KaleSW.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption
Niksar view from the city center
Turkey place.province
Tokat
Turkey place.district
Niksar
Turkey place.leader_party
AKP
Turkey place.leader_name
Semih Tepebaşı
Turkey place.population_total
37017
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.postal_code
60600
Turkey place.area_code
0356

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • Bishops
  • Geographic location
  • Cuisine of Niksar
  • Places of interest
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Niksar, historically known as Neocaesarea (Νεοκαισάρεια), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Niksar District. Its population is 37,017 (2022). It was settled by many empires. Niksar is known as "Çukurova of North-Anatolia" due to its production of many kinds of fruits and vegetables. On May 2, 2018, Niksar was included in the World Heritage tentative list.

== History ==

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

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