Kangal


Kangal is a town in Sivas Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Kangal District. Its population is 8,948. The current mayor is Ahmet Kürşad Apaydın from the Great Unity Party.
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History

Kangal was known in the time of emperor Diocletian under the name Euspena and later during the Byzantine Empire as Spynin. The Byzantine general Eustathios Argyros was buried here in the monastery of St Elizabeth which had been constructed by his grandfather Leon. The town, known in Ottoman times as Qangal, had an Armenian church until the first massacres against the Armenians in 1895.

Demographics

The town is populated by Sunni Kurds and Sunni Turks in addition to a very small Alevi and Armenian population.

Climate

Kangal has a dry-summer continental climate. Winters are very cold, and summers are dry, with hot days and cold nights.

Notable people