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Central Anatolia (Cappadocia)

Wine region

Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) is a Wine region in Türkiye.

Volcanic high plateau around Nevşehir where vines have been grown for thousands of years. Native grapes such as Emir in Cappadocia and Kalecik Karası from Kalecik near Ankara.
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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
Wine region
Area
4,435,746 ha outline of the administrative units
Centre
38.5747° N, 35.0312° E
Legal basis
Turkish wine regions are informal and described by province.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km south-east of Ürgüp
Nearest city
28 km south-east of Nevşehir 75,527 people
To the sea
197 km
Rivers nearby
Kiz?lirmak (20 km)
Lakes nearby
Yay (27 km)
Same latitude
Jumilla (Spain), Northern Sonoma (United States), Palmela (Portugal), Malvasia delle Lipari (Italy), Μοσχάτο Πατρών (Greece)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
664–3,561 m
Mean elevation
1,376 m

Measured over the whole outline on 49,195 elevation cells of about 956 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries TUR ADM1 (2021) (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0)

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