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Why visit Yusufeli
Townapedia lists 1 park or trail, 1 place to eat, 3 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Weather in Yusufeli
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About Yusufeli
Yusufeli is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located on the bank of Çoruh River 104 km south-west of the city of Artvin, on the road to Erzurum. It is the seat of Yusufeli District. Its population is 7,306 (2021).
From the Wikipedia article Yusufeli (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where to stay3
History
The history of Yusufeli, formerly Perterek or Pertarek, is traced to 3000 BC, the Bronze Age. The area has since been inhabited by Hurri, Urartu, Persians, Armenians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines and Georgians. In the Turkish era the area has been settled by Seljuks, Saltukids, Ilkhanids, Tamerlan, Akkoyunlu, Safavids and the Ottoman Empire. In the Kingdom of Armenia in antiquity it was part of Tayk province, known as the Canton of Arsiats por.
In 1879 the area was the district of Kiskim in the eyalet of Çıldır. Then following the war between the Ottoman Empire and Russia it became a county of Erzurum. Most of the population is descended from Armenians or Georgians who converted to Islam in the 1700s.
Because of the rocky geography it was difficult for people from all villages to reach the city center, so a local district was established centred on Ögdem, but this was still inaccessible so Kılıçkaya (Ersis) became the center of county. Ersis means "a place where no boys live", so-called because so many sons of the district were lost in the Russo-Turkish War of 1878 and First World War. In the year 1912 the county name became Yusuf İli, i.e. "province of Yusuf" so the name Kiskim should not be confused with the name Keskin which was a county of Ankara at that time.
From the History section of Yusufeli on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Healthcare4
Map of Yusufeli
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Getting there and nearby towns
Rize-Artvin Airport (RZV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 70 km away.
- Tekkale 5 km southwest, about 5 min by car
- Çevreli 9 km southwest, about 9 min by car
- Pamukçular 25 km east, about 25 min by car
- Ayvalı 30 km east, about 30 min by car
- Uzundere 32 km south, about 32 min by car
- Artvin 47 km northeast, about 47 min by car
- Oltu 49 km southeast, about 49 min by car
- Ardeşen 62 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Hopa 64 km north, about 1 h by car
- Rize 88 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Yusufeli, Jean & Nathalie, CC BY 2.0
- Çoruh (Photo by Jean & Nathalie, 2006) (1), Jean & Nathalie, CC BY 2.0
- Çoruh (Photo by Jean & Nathalie, 2006) (3), Jean & Nathalie, CC BY 2.0
- Visne! (2793426302), Steven Isaacson from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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