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Kasaba

Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village in the Kastamonu District, Kastamonu Province, Turkey. Its population is 84 (2021). It is 17 kilometres outside Kastamonu, Turkey. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade, 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, built by a representative of Isfendiyarid dynasty in the second half of the 14th century.

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Kasaba
Village
Wooden doors of the Mahmut Bey Mosque
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 / 41.4803; 33.6861
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKastamonu
DistrictKastamonu
Population
 (2021)
84
Time zoneUTC+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.

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  1. Köy Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cassaba" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 456.