4-578: Büyükmandıra (or Mandıra for short) is a town ( belde ) in the Babaeski District , Kırklareli Province , Turkey . Its population is 3,305 (2022). The distance to Babaeski is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and the distance to Kırklareli is 50 kilometres (31 mi). Up to 1877 there was an Ottoman royal farm in place of the town. But during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Muslim people from Bulgaria Pomaks who escaped from
8-557: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Belde Belde (literally "town", also known as kasaba ) means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish . All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the villages are usually too small to have municipalities. The population in some villages may exceed 2000 and in such villages a small municipality may be established depending on residents' choice. Such villages are called belde . Up to 2014
12-530: The Russian armies were settled in the farm to form the core of the town. According to the mayor's page, a well known wrestler named Kavasoğlu İbrahim arranged this allocation. The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1955. The name of the town means "great dairy" and it refers to the main activity of town residents. This geographical article about a location in Kırklareli Province , Turkey
16-402: The number of belde municipalities was about 1400. On 30 March 2014 by the act no. 6360 all villages (those with and without municipality) were included in the urban fabric of the district municipalities in 30 provinces. Thus belde municipalities in 30 provinces were abolished. The number of abolished belde municipalities is 1040. Presently, in 51 provinces, which are not in the scope of
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