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Sultan, Edirne

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Country
  
Turkey

District
  
İpsala

Postal code
  
22480

Elevation
  
50 m

Area code
  
0284

Province
  
Edirne Province

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Licence plate
  
22

Population
  
1,449 (2013)

Sultan, Edirne

Sultan is a belde (town) in İpsala district of Edirne Province, Turkey. At 41°01′N 26°27′E it is situated to the west of Sultanköy dam. The distance to İpsala is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) . The population of Sultan is 1449 as od 2013. The settlement was founded in 1924 by the Turkish refuges from Greece as a result of Population exchange agreement between Greece and Turkey. In 1934 refuges from Romania and in 1951 refuges from Bulgaria were also settled in the settlement. Main economic activities are dairying and agriculture. Main crops are cereals, sunflower and sugarbeet.

Map of Sultan, 22490 Sultan K%C3%B6y%C3%BC%2F%C4%B0psala%2FEdirne, Turkey

References

Sultan, Edirne Wikipedia