Gölova

Gölova
Municipality
Gölova is located in Turkey
Gölova
Gölova
Location in Turkey
Gölova is located in Turkey Central Anatolia
Gölova
Gölova
Gölova (Turkey Central Anatolia)
Coordinates: 40°03′44″N 38°36′34″E / 40.06222°N 38.60944°E / 40.06222; 38.60944
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSivas
DistrictGölova
Government
 • Mayorİbrahim Yenidünya (AKP)
Elevation
1,342 m (4,403 ft)
Population
 (2022)
995
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.golova.bel.tr

Gölova is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gölova District.[1] Its population is 995 (2022).[2] The mayor is İbrahim Yenidünya (AKP). The name "Gölova" means "lake-plain".[3]

Historically known as Ağvanis, Gölova is located on top of a hill on the edge of the Refahiye plateau and also overlooking the Suşehri plain to the west.[3] To the south are small lakes where water from the Çobanlı Su's tributaries collects.[3] These lakes water a meadow area called Suşehir ("water-city"; not to be confused with the Suşehri plain to the west), which was historically a stopping place for armies and travelers in general.[3]

History

Gölova is likely equivalent to the ancient Roman settlement known as Olotoedariza in the Antonine Itinerary and Aladaleariza in the 4th-century Notitia Dignitatum.[3] This was the base of a cavalry unit called the Ala Rizena.[3] The etymology of both these names, along with the modern name of Ağvanis, may be from the Armenian word ełigi, meaning "marsh".[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Sinclair, Thomas (2020). Eastern Trade and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages: Pegolotti’s Ayas-Tabriz Itinerary and its Commercial Context. Routledge. pp. 978-0-429-34811-2. Retrieved 2 September 2022.


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