Country Turkey District Korgan Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 3,099 (2011) | Province Ordu Province Elevation 660 m (2,160 ft) Postal code 52700 Area code 452 | |
Ordu korgan g ll tepealan beldesi 7 10 1997
Tepealan is a town in Korgan district of Ordu Province, Turkey. At 40°45′N 37°18′E it is situated 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Korgan. The distance to Ordu is 50 kilometres (31 mi). The population of Tepealan is 3099 as of 2011. In ancient ages the area around Tepealan was quite populated because of the iron mines around. During the Ottoman Empire era Turks as well as Greeks and Armenians lived in Tepealan. After the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Moslem Georgian refuges were also settled in the village. In the 20th century, according to the Population exchange agreement between Turkey and Greece the Christian population was replaced by Moslem population from Greece. In 1974, Tepealan was declared a seat of township.
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- Ordu korgan g ll tepealan beldesi 7 10 1997
- Map of Tepealan Mahallesi 52700 Korgan2FOrdu Turkey
- K yl kizi semra tepealan 1
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Map of Tepealan Mahallesi, 52700 Korgan%2FOrdu, Turkey
K yl kizi semra tepealan 1
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Tepealan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA