Acıpayam

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Field	Value
type	metro district
name	Acıpayam
image_skyline	Acıpayam ‘Havuzlu Park’ - panoramio.jpg
image_map	Denizli location Acıpayam.png
map_caption	Map showing Acıpayam District in Denizli Province
coordinates
province	Denizli
leader_party	CHP
leader_name	Levent Yildirim
area_total_km2	1772
elevation_m	895
population_footnotes
population_total	54888
population_as_of	2022
postal_code	20800
area_code	0258
website
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| type = metro district | name = Acıpayam | image_skyline = Acıpayam ‘Havuzlu Park’ - panoramio.jpg | image_caption = | image_map = Denizli location Acıpayam.png | map_caption = Map showing Acıpayam District in Denizli Province | coordinates = | province = Denizli | leader_party = CHP | leader_name = Levent Yildirim | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 1772 | elevation_m = 895 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 54888 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = 20800 | area_code = 0258 | website = Acıpayam is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,772 km2, and its population is 54,888 (2022). It lies in high country between the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. A plain, watered by two reservoirs, known for growing melons and watermelons, on the road between the city of Denizli and Antalya. Its altitude is 895 m.

Etymology

The name Acıpayam means bitter almond (payam being a loanword from Persian) in the local dialect, the town was formerly named Garbipayam and Garbikaraağaç.

History

The plain has been settled since 2000 BC, and Hittites were here in 1500 BC, followed by the Ancient Greeks and more civilizations up to the Byzantines and then the arrival of the Turkish peoples. From 1097 the area was in the hands of the Seljuk Turks. Turkish rule was interrupted by the Crusades but afterwards was settled by the Oghuz Turks and eventually was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire.

Climate

Acıpayam has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with hot, dry summers, and cool, moderately wet, somewhat snowy winters.{{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Acıpayam (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 8.1 | Feb high C = 10.3 | Mar high C = 14.4 | Apr high C = 18.9 | May high C = 24.2 | Jun high C = 29.2 | Jul high C = 33.3 | Aug high C = 33.5 | Sep high C = 29.1 | Oct high C = 23.0 | Nov high C = 15.8 | Dec high C = 9.7 | year high C = 20.8 | Jan mean C = 2.4 | Feb mean C = 3.9 | Mar mean C = 7.2 | Apr mean C = 11.5 | May mean C = 16.3 | Jun mean C = 21.3 | Jul mean C = 25.1 | Aug mean C = 25.0 | Sep mean C = 20.3 | Oct mean C = 14.5 | Nov mean C = 8.3 | Dec mean C = 3.9 | year mean C = 13.3 | Jan low C = -2.0 | Feb low C = -1.2 | Mar low C = 1.1 | Apr low C = 4.7 | May low C = 8.9 | Jun low C = 13.1 | Jul low C = 16.6 | Aug low C = 16.6 | Sep low C = 12.0 | Oct low C = 7.5 | Nov low C = 2.6 | Dec low C = -0.4 | year low C = 6.7 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 86.68 | Feb precipitation mm = 64.35 | Mar precipitation mm = 56.57 | Apr precipitation mm = 43.69 | May precipitation mm = 40.61 | Jun precipitation mm = 24.16 | Jul precipitation mm = 12.76 | Aug precipitation mm = 15.22 | Sep precipitation mm = 18.52 | Oct precipitation mm = 32.33 | Nov precipitation mm = 56.4 | Dec precipitation mm = 81.17 | year precipitation mm = 532.46

| Jan humidity = 77.1 | Feb humidity = 72.6 | Mar humidity = 65.7 | Apr humidity = 62.0 | May humidity = 59.5 | Jun humidity = 52.6 | Jul humidity = 45.1 | Aug humidity = 46.2 | Sep humidity = 51.6 | Oct humidity = 61.6 | Nov humidity = 70.4 | Dec humidity = 78.1 | year humidity = 61.8 | source = NOAA{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Acipayam_17890.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Acipayam |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 13, 2024}}

Acıpayam today

As well as agriculture some of Denizli's textile industry has spread to Acıpayam too, where there is a cellulose factory. In the past the people would migrate seasonally to pick tobacco or cotton in other parts of Turkey, today this is not necessary.

Places of interest

Keloğlan Cave - a 145m long cave, open to visitors.

Composition

There are 56 neighbourhoods in Acıpayam District:

References

[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-07-06 , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.)
"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
"Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria.". Nature: Scientific Data.
"Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı".
[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-07-06 , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.)

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