Lakes District
The Turkish Lake District or Turkish Lakeland is an area with a series of shallow tectonic lakes within the folds of the Taurus Mountains in Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey The major lakes are Acıgöl, Akşehir, Beyşehir, Burdur, Eğirdir, and the smaller ones are Akgöl, Lake Çavuşçu, Eber, Işıklı, Karamık, Karataş, Kovada, Salda, Suğla and Yarışlı.
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Yalvaç
Yalvaç is a city in the Lakes District of Mediterranean Turkey, with a population of 22,500 in 2022.
Lakes District
- Region
- …is also known as “Turkish Lakes Region”
- Description: Region of Turkey
- Location
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Latitude of center
37.96° or 37° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
31.13° or 31° 7′ 48″ east
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Lakes District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة البحيرات التركية”
- French: “Région des lacs de Turquie”
- French: “Région des lacs”
- Italian: “Distretto dei laghi (Turchia)”
- Italian: “Distretto dei laghi”
- Slovenian: “Jezersko območje”
- Turkish: “Göller bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Göller Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Göller Yöresi”
- Venetian: “Destreto dei laghi (Turchia)”
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