Korgan is a municipality and district of Ordu Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 254 km2, and its population is 27,349 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .
History The district of Korgan has been a source of iron ore since the reign of Mithridates, King of Pontus, and even before that the area was occupied by Persians in the reign of Darius I in the 6th century BC, as part of the Satrapy of Pontus and Cappadocia. The Persian presence was erased by the armies of Alexander the Great in 331BC, and the area eventually became part of the Kingdom of Pontus and then the Roman Empire. This era ended in 1083 when Korgan was conquered by the Turkish armies of Danishmend Gazi. Subsequently a number of Turkish tribes ruled here until 1398 when Bayezid I brought the area, then known as Keşdere after a tributary of the River Bolaman, into the Ottoman Empire.
Composition There are 29 neighbourhoods in Korgan District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Aşağıkozpınar Aşağıyaylacık Belalan Beypınarı Büyükakçakese Çamlı Çayırkent Çiftlik Çitlice Dip Durali Karakışla Karakoyunlu Koççığaz Sarıaliç Soğukpınar Tatarcık Tepe Tepealan Terzili Yazıcı Yazlık Yeniköy Yenipınar Yeşilalan Yeşildere Yeşilyurt Yukarıkozpınar Yukarıyaylacık
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External links
District municipality's official website Road map of Korgan and environs Various images of Korgan, Ordu Korgan Dünü ve Bugünü