Erbaa

Erbaa is a town and a district (ilçe) of Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The town of Erbaa lies on the left bank of the Kelkit River and is surrounded by the Erbaa Plain, most of which lies in its district.

Erbaa
Erbaa
Coordinates: 40°40′00″N 36°34′00″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceTokat
Government
 • Mayor (Belediye Başkanı)Ertuğrul Karagöl (MHP)
 • KaymakamBülent Karacan
Area
 • District1,179.42 km2 (455.38 sq mi)
Elevation
320 m (1,050 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
60,201
 • District
95,582
 • District density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Post code
60510
Websitewww.erbaa.bel.tr
Municipal building of Erbaa

One kilometer east-southeast of Erbaa is the archaeological site of Horoztepe.

Etymology

The name "Erbaa" means "four" in Arabic. According to the official recor of tdshe Ottoman Empire, this name was started to be used beginning from the early 18th century. The name was also used as "Nevah-i Erbaa", which literally means "four towns". It refers to the period when the most important settlements between Niksar and Amasya, namely Erek, Karayaka, Sonusa (Uluköy), and Taşâbat (Taşova) were collectively named as Nevah-i Erbaa or "four towns" as they were in the same region and close to one another. Even the accrued taxes of the time were recorded in this name. In 1840, the taxes collected from these four towns were registered to be 47,243 kuruş.

Erbaa came to be used as a general name for Erek, Karayaka, Sonusa, and Taşâbat and was regarded as a district. The name Kaza-i Erbaa, or Erbaa District was also used during the Ottoman Empire. As the town of Erek developed more than the others over time, it became a district in 1872 and took the name Erbaa on its own and the others, Taşâbat, Karayaka and Sonusa became the villages of Erek, or today's Erbaa. Later, in 1944, when Taşabat or today's Taşova became a separate district in 1944, Sonusa was also annexed to Taşova.

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.


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