Nohutalan


Nohutalan is a village in the Urla district of Izmir province, Turkey. Its population in 2018 was 150.

Name

The name of the village means “chickpea area”.
The village is listed as Nohoudalani or نخود آلانى in a government list from 1928 and as Nohutalanı in 1935.
The village is listed Ροβιθόκαμπος or Νεούνταλάνι in various Greek sources.

History

The village was populated by Greeks until the 1923 Population exchange between [Greece and Turkey|Population Exchange], when the Greeks of the village were sent to Greece. In 1940, the village was repopulated with descendants of Bosnian immigrants.

Geography

The village is located in the western part of Urla district, on a plateau of hard rocky ground overlooking agricultural plains. It is 29 km from the center of Urla municipality and 67 km from the center of Izmir.
The village features a square, a mosque, a fountain, a school building, a playground, a festival area constructed by the municipality, and a church.
The D.300 İzmir-Çeşme Highway runs south of the village. The village is also on the following routes developed by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality:

Products

Nohutalan is known for its melons, of which it produces 5000 tons per year. The melons of the area are usually grown without irrigation, and when stored properly, by hanging, can keep fresh for six months or more. Thus they are known as "waterless melons" or "hanging melons".
Chickpeas are also grown.