Kayıhan, İhsaniye

Kayıhan
Municipality
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Coordinates: 39°00′N 30°30′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Afyonkarahisar
District	İhsaniye
Population  (2022)	2,119
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Kayıhan is a town (belde) and municipality in the İhsaniye District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 2,119 (2022).^[2] The Kayıhan municipality was created in 1989 by the consolidation of the villages of Tekke, Garen, and Kunduzlu.^[3] Kayıhan's current neighborhoods include Pınar, Cumhuriyet, Türbe, and Kunduzlu.^[4][5]

Adjacent to Kayıhan's Hayran Veli Mosque is the tomb of Hayran Veli Sultan, said to be a folk healer from Khorasan.^[6] Near Kayıhan are various ruins of the Göynüş Valley (the "Phrygian Valley") such as the Aslantaş ("lion stone").^[7]

The name "Kayıhan" is said to come from the Kayı tribe to which Oghuz Khan belonged.^[3] The settlement was also formerly known as "Kaya-Viran" (rock ruin), after being destroyed in an earthquake.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1940	656	—
1945	640	−0.49%
1960	850	+1.91%
1997	2,698	+3.17%
2007	2,576	−0.46%
2012	2,201	−3.10%
2017	2,103	−0.91%
2022	2,119	+0.15%
Source: Population censuses (1940-1997)[8][9][10][11] and TÜIK (2007-2022)[2]

References

1. Belde, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
2. "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜIK. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
3. Kalenderoğlu, Abdülkadir (2017). "Hayran Veli Camii ve Türbesi" (PDF). Taşpınar. 19: 70. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
4. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
5. "Kayıhan Belediyesi". T.C. İhsaniye Kaymakanlığı. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
6. "Hayran Veli Sultan Türbesi - Afyonkarahisar". T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
7. "İhsaniye / Kayıhan Kasabası Göynüş Vadisi Örenyeri". Afyonkarahisar İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
8. "1940 General Census" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1940. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2022.
9. "1945 General Census" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1945. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2022.
10. "1960 General Census" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1960. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2022.
11. "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.