Isparta Province

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Turkey place Isparta Province (Template:Langx) is a province in southwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Afyon to the northwest, Burdur to the southwest, Antalya to the south, and Konya to the east. Its area is 8,946 km²,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and its population is 445,325 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The provincial capital is Isparta.

The province is well known for producing apples, sour cherries, grapes, roses and rose products,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and carpets. The best fertile lands are in Uluborlu. The province is situated in the Göller Bölgesi (Lakes Area) of Turkey's Mediterranean Region and has many freshwater lakes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DistrictsEdit

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Isparta province is divided into 13 districts (capital district in bold):

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GeographyEdit

Isparta lies in the northernmost part of the Pamphylian basin, wedged between the continental Bey Dağları and Anatolian blocks.<ref name="Poisson et al 2011">Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Rp This area is known as the Isparta Angle.<ref name="Poisson et al 2011"/>Template:Rp The Isparta Angle is a result of the Anatolian Plate's rotation from the early Paleocene to the early Pliocene, and is a very seismically active area as a result.<ref name="Şahin et al 2019">Template:Cite journal</ref>

EconomyEdit

As of 2012, there are 178,162 hectares of agricultural land in Isparta province, of which 28.8% (37,184 ha) is used for fruit growing.<ref name="Yilmaz 2014">Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Rp

Isparta province accounts for 23.4% of all apple production in Turkey as of 2012.<ref name="Yilmaz 2014"/>Template:Rp The majority of the province's apple production is done in three districts: Eğirdir, Gelendost, and Senirkent.<ref name="Yilmaz 2014"/>Template:Rp Together, these three districts account for 73.2% of the province's apple production.<ref name="Yilmaz 2014"/>Template:Rp