Keçiborlu
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| name = Keçiborlu
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| coordinates = {{coord|37|56|35|N|30|18|08|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province = Isparta
| district = Keçiborlu
| leader_party = AKP
| leader_name = Yusuf Murat Parlak
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| elevation_m = 1010
| population_total = 7044
| population_as_of = 2022
| postal_code = 32700
| area_code = 0246
| website = {{url|https://www.keciborlu.bel.tr/}}
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Keçiborlu is a town in Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Keçiborlu District.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 7,044 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=13 March 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}}
Etymology
The town was known as Eudoxipolis (Ευδοξίπολη in Greek) during the Roman and early Byzantine periods. By the 12th century it was known as Sublaeum.Cahen, C. (2000) The Formation of Turkey: The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum: Eleventh to Fourteenth Century, Routledge, pp. 30-31
History
Keçiborlu is known as the site where Atlasjet Flight 4203 crashed on November 30, 2007.
Economy
In the early 20th-century, sulphur was mined in the area.{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=G.W.|title=Anatolia|year=1920|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|location=London|page=107|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11766/view/1/107/}}
References
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Category:Populated places in Keçiborlu District
Category:District municipalities in Turkey
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