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Tosya

Municipality in Kastamonu, Turkey

41°01′2″N 34°02′18″E / 41.01722°N 34.03833°E / 41.01722; 34.03833CountryTurkeyProvinceKastamonuDistrictTosyaGovernment

• MayorVolkan Kavaklıgil (MHP)Elevation

880 m (2,890 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

28,963Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Postal code

37300

Area code0366ClimateCfbWebsitetosya.bel.tr

Tosya (Ottoman Turkish: طوسيه), previously called Theodosia (Greek: Θεοδοσία) or Doceia (Greek: Δοκεία) under the Byzantine Empire, is a town in Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tosya District.^[2] Its population is 28,963 (2021).^[1] It is the home town of the famous Boyner family and the birth place of Markos Vafeiadis (1906–1992), a famous Greek politician.

The North Anatolian Fault is located in this area.^[3] This caused a major earthquake in 1943.

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ Dhonta, Damien. "Polyphased block tectonics along the North Anatolian Fault in the Tosya basin area (Turkey)", Tectonophysics (journal), Volume 299, 20 December 1998, Pages 213-227.