Acıpayam is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,772 km2, and its population is 54,888 (2022). It lies in high country between the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. A plain, watered by two reservoirs, known for growing melons and watermelons, on the road between the city of Denizli and Antalya. Its altitude is 895 m.
Etymology The name Acıpayam means bitter almond (payam being a loanword from Persian) in the local dialect, the town was formerly named and Garbikaraağaç.
History The plain has been settled since 2000 BC, and Hittites were here in 1500 BC, followed by the Ancient Greeks and more civilizations up to the Byzantines and then the arrival of the Turkish peoples. From 1097 the area was in the hands of the Seljuk Turks. Turkish rule was interrupted by the Crusades but afterwards was settled by the Oghuz Turks and eventually was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire.
Climate Acıpayam has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with hot, dry summers, and cool, moderately wet, somewhat snowy winters.
Acıpayam today As well as agriculture some of Denizli's textile industry has spread to Acıpayam too, where there is a cellulose factory. In the past the people would migrate seasonally to pick tobacco or cotton in other parts of Turkey, today this is not necessary.
Places of interest Keloğlan Cave - a 145m long cave, open to visitors.
Composition There are 56 neighbourhoods in Acıpayam District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Akalan Akşar Alaattin Alcı Aliveren Apa Aşağı Avşar Bademli Bedirbey Benlik Boğazdere Çakır Çamlık Çiftlikköy Corum Çubukçular Darıveren Dedebağı Dodurgalar Eskiköy Gedikli Gölcük Gümüş Güney Hacıkurtlar Hisar Karahüyük Karaismailler Kelekçi Kırca Köke Kumavşarı Kurtlar Kuyucak Kuzören Mevlütler Oğuzköy Olukbaşı Ören Ovayurt Pınarbaşı Pınaryazı Sandalcık Sırçalık Suçatı Uçarı Yassıhüyük Yazır Yeni Yeniköy Yeşildere Yeşilyuva Yolçatı Yukarı Yumrutaş
See also Acıpayam (sheep)
References
External links
A local news web site