Kasaba | |
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 Wooden doors of the Mahmut Bey Mosque | |
  Kasaba Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′49″N 33°41′10″E / 41.4803°N 33.6861°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kastamonu |
| District | Kastamonu |
| Population (2021) | 84 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village in the Kastamonu District, Kastamonu Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 84 (2021).[2] It is 17 kilometres outside Kastamonu, Turkey. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade,[3] but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not contain any ancient sites but does have an old mosque, the Mahmut Bey Camii (Mahmut Bey Mosque), built by a representative of Isfendiyarid dynasty in the second half of the 14th century.
References
[edit]- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 456.
