Gölova

Gölova is a town and a district of Sivas Province of Turkey. 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] In Kurdish the town is spelled Axvanîs.[4]

Gölova
Gölova is located in Turkey
Gölova
Gölova
Coordinates: 40°03′44″N 38°36′34″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSivas
Government
 • Mayorİbrahim Yenidünya (AKP)
 • KaymakamFatih Kızıltoprak
Area
[1]
 • District333.17 km2 (128.64 sq mi)
Elevation
1,342 m (4,403 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
2,197
 • District
3,645
 • District density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Post code
58640
Websitewww.golova.bel.tr

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. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. 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.
  4. Avcýkýran, Dr. Adem (ed.). "Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî" (PDF). Tirsik. p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.


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