Tomarza, formerly known as Dumarza (Armenian: Դումարզա), is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 1,405 km2, and its population is 21,100 (2022). The mayor is Osman Koç (İYİP).
Tomarza is a famous city for its pumpkin seeds production. According to Gida Tarim, Tomarza is one of the important pumpkin seed production centers in Turkey. While 60 percent of the snack pumpkin seeds produced in Turkey are met by Kayseri, 25 percent of the production in Kayseri comes from the city of Tomarza. Pumpkin seeds will be planted on 40 thousand acres of land. In 2020, 5 thousand 500 tons of harvest were obtained from the pumpkin seeds for snacks planted on 40 thousand acres of land in Tomarza. Other important activities are potato production, and sheep, goat and cattle-raising.
Composition There are 54 neighbourhoods in Tomarza District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Akdere Akmezar Arslantaş Avşarsöğütlü Bektaş Böke Bostanlık Büyükcanlı Büyüksüvegen Çanakpınar Çayinli Cücün Çukurağaç Çulha Cumhuriyet Dadaloğlu Dağyurdu Ekinli Emiruşağı Göktepe Gülveren Güzelce Güzelsu Hacıpaşa İcadiye İmamkullu İncili Işıklar Kaleköy Kapıkaya Karamuklu Karaören Kesir Kevenağıl Kızılören Koçcagız Kömürköy Köprüköy Küçükcanlı Kurtuluş Melikören Pusatlı Sarımehmetli Şeyhbarak Şiraz Söğütlü Tahtakemer Tatarköy Toklar Turanlı Üçkonak Yavuz Selim Yeni Yeşilbağ
Climate Tomarza has a warm summer continental climate (Dfb) with cold winters and very warm, dry summers with cool nights. Rainfall occurs mostly during the spring and early summer.
References
External links Official website of the Municipality of Tomarza Official website of the Governor of Tomarza