title: Tufanbeyli
text: Tufanbeyli is municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 851 km2, and its population is 16,400 (2022). It is 196 km north-east of the city of Adana, on an uneven, sloping plateau high in the Tahtalı range of the Taurus Mountains. It has been bounded economically to Kayseri, 178 km far. Its neighbors are Sarız from North, Göksun from east, Saimbeyli from south, Develi from south-west and Tomarza from west.
  
  Tufanbeyli is reached by crossing one of three high mountain passes. It's a struggle to reach but the views are incredible. The river Göksu, a tributary of the Seyhan runs across the plateau. The climate is hot dry summers and cold winters. The mountains are forested but these are steadily being consumed by the local people.
  
  History
  
  During the Bronze Age, the area was part of the kingdom of Kizzuwatna. In classical antiquity, the region of Tufanbeyli was in the southwestern corner of Cappadocia (while the parts of the Adana region south of Tufanbeyli were in Cilicia). The city of Comana was situated near Şarköy, some kilometers north of Tufanbeyli.
  
  The area is now settled by descendants of Turks from the Caucasus and the Avşar (Afshar tribe; the former having come to Anatolia as a result of the Russian influx into the Caucasus in the 18th and 19th centuries. The latter being one of the group of Turkish migrants from Asia that have preserved their clan identity in Anatolia. The Avşar played a key role in the Turkish conquest of the Çukurova region and remained a local authority right up until the 19th century, especially in mountain strongholds like Tufanbeyli. Its former names were Höketçe before 1923 and Mağara between 1923 and 1967. It became a district in 1958 by separating from Saimbeyli.
  
  Composition
  There are 35 neighbourhoods in Tufanbeyli District:
  
   Akçal
   Akpınar
   Ayvat
   Bozgüney
   Çatalçam
   Çukurkışla
   Cumhuriyet
   Damlalı
   Demiroluk
   Doğanbeyli
   Doğanlı
   Elemanlı
   Evci
   Fatih
   Fatmakuyu
   Güzelim
   Hanyeri
   İğdebel
   İstiklal
   Karsavuran
   Kayapınar
   Kayırcık
   Kirazlıyurt
   Koçcağız
   Mehmet Akif Ersoy
   Ortaköy
   Pekmezli
   Pınarlar
   Polatpınarı
   Şarköy
   Taşpınar
   Tozlu
   Yamanlı
   Yenicami
   Yeşilova
  
  Power station
  Mercury air pollution from the coal-fired power station has been estimated at over 500 kg/year.
  
  References
  
  External links
   Tufanbeyli District Governorship
   Tufanbeyli Municipality
  Short introduction to the area
  Website about the Avşar culture
  
   
  Populated places in Adana Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
  Districts of Adana Province