Elevation 1,045 m (3,430 ft) Postal code 70130 Area code 0338 | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 759 (2011) | |
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District Karaman central district | ||
Kisecik is a small belde (town) in the central district (Karaman) of Karaman Province, Turkey. The town is situated to the west of the Karadağ Mountain at 37°23′N 33°01′E. The distance to Karaman is 35 km (22 mi). The population of the town is 759 as of 2011 The name of the town means " poor" in older Turkish, because the earliest inhabitants were nomads. The town was founded as a result of an operation of the Ottoman Empire government to settle the nomadic tribes in 1887. The government settled the Turkmen tribe named Sarıkeçili in the Kisecik. In 1991 the settlement was declared a seat of township. The main crops of the town are cereals, legume and sugarbeet.
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Map of 70000 Kisecik K%C3%B6y%C3%BC%2FKaraman Merkez%2FKaraman, Turkey
Future
According to Sustainable development report prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Turkey) the projected population of Kisecik in 2025 is 4000. The present master plan of the town is found to be sufficient for the future expansion.