Orhanlı, Niğde

Municipality in Niğde, Turkey

38°18′N 34°54′E / 38.300°N 34.900°E / 38.300; 34.900CountryTurkeyProvinceNiğdeDistrictNiğdeEstablished1972Elevation

1,450 m (4,760 ft)Population

(2022)^[1]

2,384Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Postal code

51280

Orhanlı is a town (belde) in the Niğde District, Niğde Province, Turkey.^[2] Its population is 2,384 (2022).^[1] It is 53 kilometres (33 mi) north of Niğde. Like most other settlements in ancient Capadocia, the caves around the town were used as dwellings in the deep history of the town and in fact, the name of the town is probably a corrupt form of the phrase On hanlı ("with ten dwellings") referring to ten families settled in the caves.

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.