Gümerdiğin
town in Turkey
Gümerdiğin is a neighbourhood of the town Şabanözü, Şabanözü District, Çankırı Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,189 (2021). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). Gümerdiğin is nearly 6 km northwest of Şabanözü and nearly 80 km from Ankara. Although Şabanözü is a district of Çankırı Province, Gümerdiğin is mostly in relation with Ankara.
Economy
Agriculture is the main part of the economy. There are two artificial lakes and also Sanı Çayı is used to supply water for the fields. Wheat, beans, apple and vegetables are the main produce.
Education
In Gümerdiğin there's a primary and a middle school, but not a high school. The students from some neighbouring villages attend school in Gümerdiğin.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Turkey. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1891185. Authority coordinates are 40.433, 33.250. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 2013.
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