Yeniçağa

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Yeniçağa is a town and a district in Bolu Province of Turkey, 38km from the town of Bolu, on the highway from Istanbul to Ankara. Area 225 km². Population (2000) 10,800 of which 5,953 live in the town of Yeniçağa. Elevation 1200m.

Yeniçağa meaning new çağa was a new section built next to the exisiting village, which is now called Eskiçağa (old çağa).

Yeniçağa is on the inland side of Bolu Mountain and has a cold, hard, dry inland climate; the countryside is bare hills.

Yeniçağa is a small town providing basic infrastructure to the surrounding countryside, and successive generations have migrated to large cities in Turkey or abroad in search of jobs and careers. There are a large number of roadside restaurants, gas stations and repair shops along the old E5 Istanbul highway, these are mainly used by trucks as cars zoom by on the newer TEM motorway. Yeniçağa Lake is a popular spot for picnics under the trees on the lakeshore.

There is an annual country fair (panayır).


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