Niğde (Ancient Greek: Νίγδη/Hittite: Nahita, Naxita) is a town and the capital of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey at an elevation of 1,299 m. In 2019 the population was 362.861 [1] The town is located between the volcanic Melandiz Mountains, which include the Mount Hasan Stratovolcano near the city of Aksaray to the north, and the Niğde Massif to the south-southeast. The massif is a Metamorphic rock dome that contains abandoned antimony and iron mines. Several marble quarries are currently active in the pure white crystalline marble of the massif.
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