Uçhisar
Sign in to savethumb|Uçhisar from the summit of Uçhisar Castle Uçhisar is a town (belde) in the Nevşehir District, Nevşehir Province in Cappadocia, Turkey. In 2022, its population was 3,555. It is 7 kilometres east of Nevşehir, 12 kilometres west of Ürgüp, and 10 kilometres south of Avanos.
Key facts
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 1270
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Uçhisar
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Uçhisar, Cappadocia 01.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- A view of Uçhisar Castle
- Turkey place.province
- Nevşehir
- Turkey place.district
- Nevşehir
- Turkey place.population_total
- 3555
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
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thumb|Uçhisar from the summit of Uçhisar Castle Uçhisar is a town (belde) in the Nevşehir District, Nevşehir Province in Cappadocia, Turkey. In 2022, its population was 3,555. It is 7 kilometres east of Nevşehir, 12 kilometres west of Ürgüp, and 10 kilometres south of Avanos.
Situated on the edge of Göreme National Park, Uçhisar consists of an old village huddled around the base of a huge rock cone and a new one closer to the road that runs from Nevşehir town to Göreme. Like most of Cappadocia, Uçhisar once made a living from agriculture but now depends almost entirely on tourism, with many of its fine old stone houses turned into boutique hotels. French incomers and Turks returning from France have played a large part in the move to convert the houses into hotels.