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FOR ENGLISH ERBAA
It is situated on a surface of 1314m2 which lies in east-west direction of the Kelkit Valley where Kelkit and Kozan Streams join and are named as River Yeşilırmak. It has borders with Niksar in the east, Taşova in the west, Ünye, Akkuş and Çarşamba Districts in the north and Tokat Province in the south. It is understood from its being a district in 1872 that the establishment af Erbaa dates back to early times. It is a centre of the region and a place of trade with its peographical situation suitable for Goverment Centre, its fertile land and the developing soil, forest industry and the textile factory. Still, it is a place of settlement that is developing rapidly.
HISTORY
Erbaa had been established as a village with 5-10 houses under the name Erek and due to its raiped economical development, it had been annexed to Amasya Sanjak as Erek Subdistrict in 1859. In 1892, Erbaa district was taken from Amasya and was annexed to Tokat Province. It is seen that Kelkit river basin area with in Erbaa has been under the Sumerian and Hittite rules, then had been taken by the Pontus, the Umayyad an the Abbasid Caliphates, later to be retaken by the Ottomans. There have been autstanding effrots made recentlly in fields of industry and textile and organised industry foundations are established for teh efficient and systematici implementation of these works.TOURISTOC PLACES:1)Kale Village and its surrounding2) Cedar Area3) Hasan Uğurlu Dam4)Düden Lake5) Çamdibi Village6) The fortress and caves of Akgün Village7) Emeri, Simeri, their fortres and caves.8) Fidi Town Silahtar Ömer Pasha Mosque9) Keçeci District10) Manasköy Yerköprü11) Osmanköy, Hacıali and Canpolat Plateaus12) Sakarat and Boğalı Plateaus
GEOGRAPHICAL SITUAATION
Erbaa is a township of tokat Province Sea region and is situated on Yeşilirmak river basin area. Its surface is 1111 km2 and because of its location, it's a passage area between Block Sea region and the Central Anatolia region. It is 248 metres high from the sea level.
There is Karınca Mountain (Canik) in the north and Sakarat Boyalı Mountains in the south af Erbaa, the height of which are approximately 1000-1500 metres. Erbaa Plateau is in the shape of an ellipse and is 32 kilometres long. Its width is 10 kilometres, and its bottom is all coated with alluvium.
The dominant plants in the area are forst formations and the fors in tihe north of the towship begins from 300 metres. Olive trees, ash trees anda chestnut trees are observed in the area. Also, there is Lebonan cedar that only grows in Lebanon and Çatalan Distrist of Erbaa Township in the world. Erbaa is one of the most crowded townships of Tokat with its population over 100.000, 45.555 of whom live in township province. 66 per cent of the peneral population live in villages and towns however, ithe recent industrial developments in the township proince encouraged mass immigration from villages to the proince. All kind of agriculture is being made in the towship; therefore there are large areas of agriculture. All kinds of greenhousing are done in the township and the produsts are being marketed all around Turkey which enable a big amunt of income for the township. Its grape and grape leaves are famous ih Turkey; they are also marketed wither as a pickle or as a fabricated product.
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