Afyonkarahisar Province

Afyonkarahisar Province

*Afyonkarahisar ili* (Turkish)
Afyonkarahisar Province Afyonkarahisar ili (Turkish)
Province
	Afyonkarahisar Castle
	Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Afyonkarahisar
Government
• Governor	Kübra Güran Yiğitbaşı
Area	14,016 km2 (5,412 sq mi)
Population (2022)	747,555
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0272
Website	www.afyonkarahisar.gov.tr

Afyonkarahisar Province (Turkish: Afyonkarahisar ili), often shortened to Afyon Province, is a province in western Turkey. Its area is 14,016 km²,^[2] and its population is 747,555 (2022).^[1] The provincial capital is Afyonkarahisar.

Adjacent provinces are Kütahya to the northwest, Uşak to the west, Denizli to the southwest, Burdur to the south, Isparta to the southeast, Konya to the east, and Eskişehir to the north.

Districts

Afyonkarahisar province is divided into 18 districts:

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	120,398	—
1935	229,248	+8.38%
1940	316,034	+6.63%
1950	372,273	+1.65%
1960	459,115	+2.12%
1970	542,111	+1.68%
1980	597,516	+0.98%
1990	739,223	+2.15%
2000	812,416	+0.95%
2010	697,559	−1.51%
2020	736,912	+0.55%
Source:Turkstat^[3]^[4]

The population of Afyonkarahisar Province is majority

Sunni

sect.

Health

Air pollution is a chronic problem in the province.^[5]

Gallery

Afyonkarahisar castle hill
Rock tombs in the village of Ayazin
Countryside from Kocatepe hill

References

^
TÜİK
. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Census Results". Turkstat. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Online library of Turkstat". Turkstat. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ Kara Rapor 2020: Hava Kirliliği ve Sağlık Etkileri [Black Report 2020: Air Pollution and Heath Effects] (Report) (in Turkish). Right to Clean Air Platform Turkey. August 2020.