Akpınar is a village in the Gümüşhacıköy District, Amasya Province, Turkey. According to the 2010 census it had a population of 40 people.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 34 (2021). Akpınar is located roughly 135 miles (217 km) northeast of Ankara and 20.2 kilometres south by road from the district capital of Gümüşhacıköy. The village is located in the southern part of the province of Amasya near the border with Çorum Province, just to the northeast of Güllüce and to the southwest of Ovabaşı.
History Historically there was a mention of the village in 1530 as "AKPINAR KARYESİ".T.Ç. Prime Ministry State Archives General Directorate of Ottoman Archives Department Publication No.: 36 DEFT-i Hakani Series: 3 Turkey 1997: 223
Economy The main source of occupation for the villagers is subsistence agriculture and livestock farming, with principal crops being wheat, tobacco, barley and poppy. Many villagers have moved to Istanbul since the 1980s for a higher standard of living.
The village has primary school, but there no drinking water network and sewage in the village. as of 2011. There is a post office, health clinic and health house. The village does have electricity and a fixed telephone line.
Administration
Village head: 2004 - Satılmış Bolat 1999 - Satılmış Yalçin 1994 - Mehmet Aslangündoğdu 1989 - Hulusi Bolat 1984 - Mehmet Uzun 1979 - Ali Temel
References
External links Official website