Çobanlar
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Çobanlar is a district of Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey, a plain 25 km east of the city of Afyon. It covers an area of 422 km², and the population (2000) is 13,282, of which 9,126 live in the town of Çobanlar.
Bronze age burial mounds have been found near the river, and in antiquity the town of Anabura was here, there are remains in the village of Feleli and a statue of Artemis from the site is on display in the museum in Afyon.
Today the area is a rural district, the major production is sugar beet. In the countryside the people drive home-made vehicles (half-trailer, half pick-up truck) called pat-pat. In the town there are a number of classic Ottoman Empire period houses with courtyards.
 Çobanlar in Afyonkarahisar Province (in the Aegean region) of Turkey |
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| Urban districts | Afyonkarahisar |    |
| Rural districts | Başmakçı - Bayat - Bolvadin - Çay - Çobanlar - Dazkırı - Dinar - Emirdağ - Evciler - Hocalar - İhsaniye - İscehisar - Kızılören - Sandıklı - Sinanpaşa - Sultandağı - Şuhut | |
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| Aegean | ||
| Black Sea | ||
| Central Anatolia | ||
| East Anatolia | ||
| Marmara | ||
| Mediterranean Sea | ||
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