Type: | municipality |
Akdağmadeni | |
Province: | Yozgat |
District: | Akdağmadeni |
Leader Party: | MHP |
Leader Name: | Nezih Yalçın |
Elevation M: | 1344 |
Population Total: | 22180 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Postal Code: | 66540 |
Area Code: | 0354 |
Akdağmadeni (Greek: Ἀργυρίων, Argyríōn[1]) is a town in the Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Akdağmadeni District.[2] Its population is 22,180 (2022).[3] Its elevation is .[4]
According to the Ottoman population statistics of 1914, the kaza of Akdağmadeni had a total population of 48,759, consisting of 37,081 Muslims, 7,892 Greeks, 3,312 Armenians, 49 Protestants and 425 Roma.[5] Most of the Armenians and Greeks were killed or expelled by 1923.