Akçakent
Akçakent was founded in 1884 by Circassian immigrants who migrated from the Caucasus. The first 12 families settled in Eskiyurt where there are ruins of Axca Village (Oxcanlı) ruins 1 km north of Akçakent. This place was disliked due to the rugged terrain and stream bed where the settlement was located and they moved to the current settlement together with the 70 households that came later. In the first settlement of Akçakent, it was named Şehricedit, which means “new city”. In the treatment of malaria, which was prevalent in the environment in 1909, it is said that the water and air of Akçakent was believed to be good for it, and that malaria patients came to Akçakent and found healing. For this reason, the name “Sıtma (Malaria)” is widely used among the people. From the church remains in Hacıfakılı village of our district, which was found to belong to the late Byzantine period, it can be seen that the settled life in the surrounding villages was based on earlier times. On 20 February 1965, the name of Şehricedit Village was changed to Akçakent and became Township Center. While Akçakent was a Town Center subordinated to Çiçekdağı District, it gained district status with the law no. 3644 on 9 May 1990.
People's livelihood is generally agriculture and livestock. In the district, in the 67.000 Decare cultivated area, the fight against sunn pest was carried out by the state, and the fight against wheat bug was carried out by the staff of the District Agriculture Directorate upon the claims of the farmers. Due to the fact that our region is mountainous, the fight against sunn pest of the cultivated areas was carried out by crop duster on 5,340 decares, and the rest was done by ground tools. Direct Income Support Project has been successfully implemented in our district and 121,228,749 decares of land was registered in 2003. Within the scope of the decision to support livestock, in 2003, 656,945 decares of fodder plants and 990 tons of hay were produced. Livestock is an important livelihood in our district. Breeding cattle distribution was held through Akçakent-Ayvalı Agricultural Development Cooperative established in our district, and ovine animal distribution through S.Y.D.V and Or-Köy.
For detailed information, you can visit the website of Akçakent District Governorate.
Akpınar
Although there is no definite information about the history of Akpınar District, it is estimated to date back 600 years before. According to a rumor, as a result of the development of the commercial and kinship relations of several families known as Yörükoğulları, who migrated from Antalya region and settled in the Tek Höyük location of our district, and the Imamogulları tribe, who migrated around Yozgat and settled in Eldelekli villages, they finally settled in the current Akpınar region and have continued their existence until today. While Akpınar was a village until the earthquake disaster of 1938, in order to repair the great damage caused by the earthquake swiftly, the township organization of Köşker Town, which was a township center of that time, was shifted to Akpınar in 1939. In 1959, the Municipal Organization was established and it became a town. Due to the facts that the D.765-9 State Highway passed through the District lead to the formation of a dynamic commercial environment and the increase in the population, the distance of the villages to the Kaman District, geographically being in the center, it became a District with the Law No. 3392 published in the Official Gazette dated 4 July 1987. On 13 September 1988, it was de facto attributed a District.
People's basic livelihood is generally agriculture and livestock. Arable agricultural areas are 208,253 decares in total. There are 100,837 decares of meadow-pasture, 27,534 decares of forestry and poplar land. The district has 5,555 bovine and 41,155 ovine, a total of 46,710 bovine and ovine animals.
For detailed information, you can visit the website of Akpınar District Governorate.
Boztepe
Although the District center is a very old settlement, it is known that it settled on its current location in 1700s. In 1699 and the time periods following this year, Yörüks living in Kız Melik, Çanakçı, Kırşehir Sanjak, Köçekli, Yetikli, Kösefakılı, Korkorlu, Tokat, Zile, Aydın Province and other different places were concentrated in today's Boztepe. In the district, there is a mound that the people call "Kale (castle)", with 210 m in diameter and 17 m in height, used as settlement from 3000 B.C. to 1400 A.D. The name Boztepe is related to the feature of “Boz (griseous)” color of this mound, say the elders living in the district. It is certain that it paid taxes to the Aşıkpaşa Foundation for a long term. Boztepe suffered great damage in the 1938 earthquake, and its development stopped for a while. Boztepe, which started to develop again in the 1950s, became a town with the establishment of the municipality in 1960. Boztepe, which constantly developed and urbanized after the establishment of the municipality, became a District with the law No 3644 on the establishment of 130 Districts, which was accepted on 09.05.1990 and entered into force on 30.05.1990. It started to operate de facto on 2 September 1991, with one town and 13 villages.
The economy of our district is based on agriculture and livestock. Although the district has approximately 25,500 decares of irrigable land, the yield is very low since sufficient irrigation cannot be done due to the insufficient technology. In the center, stable livestock is more developed than range livestock. While stable livestock is predominant in terms of cattle breeding, ovine animals are accommodated in pastures in summer, and folds in winter. In our villages, bovine and ovine animal breeding is based on pasture. While the number of purebred dark cattle and native black cattle in the district center are equal, recently, culture-breds have shown an increase compared to the native black. The main reason for this is the high milk yield of culture breds. Especially the modern dairy farms established in recent years have increased the interest in animal husbandry. In the farm established in the 400 km area belonging to Malya Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises in the district, production is carried out with modern agricultural methods. In our district, the small industrial site, craftsman ventures and the foreign currencies brought by a vast number overseas workers, constitute another dimension of the district's economy.
For detailed information, you can visit the website of Boztepe District Governorate.
Çiçekdağı
While Çiçekdağı was a village called Boyalık in 1845, it was subordinated to Kızılkoca of Yozgat and Selmanlı Township of Sungurlu, and in the last years of the Sultan Mecit reign, it became a Township with the name of Mecidiye. In 1855, Mecidiye Township was organized as a district. In 1930, the name of the district was changed as Çiçekdağı. With Akçakent being a district, the surface area of Çiçekdağı decreased from 1409 km2 to 950 km2.
A small industrial site is under construction in Fevzi Çakmak Quarter of our district, consisting of 95 workplaces. There are 2 flour plants in the district and they still continue operation. There is Ziraat Bank Branch in our district. The service building continues to serve the public in its own detached 2-storey building. Our district, in terms of geographical structure, consists of villages within and around the forest, and villages lacking forestry assets; consists of 44 villages, 2 towns and a district center; it has a high altitude, and has an economic structure living by agriculture and livestock. It is a region where crops especially cereal, legumes, sunflower etc. grow.
For detailed information, you can visit the website of Çiçekdağı District Governorate.
Kaman
While Kaman, which was a township and municipal in 1913, was the district of Kırşehir Province on 01.09.1944, due to the change in the status of Kırşehir Province on 20.07.1954 with the law numbered 6429 when it turned back to a district, Kaman District was joined to Ankara Province . Three years later, with the Law No. 7001, which came into force on 01.07.1957, it was rejoined to Kırşehir Province, which was given back the status of the Province again. Excavations in Kalehöyük, within the boundaries of Çağırkan Town, 8 km away from Kaman District, carried out by the Japanese on behalf of our Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Middle East Cultural Center of Japan, have been continuing. It is understood that Kaman and its region is a settlement dating back to 3000 B.C. from the historical finds obtained from these excavations. Kaman has always been a part of the historical fabric of Kırşehir as a settlement that has been geographically and culturally united by opening the gates of the region as a Turkish-Islamic land since the 900s. In the following periods, this region passed over to the Ottoman Empire. Members of Heyet-i Temsiliye came to Kaman with Atatürk on 25 December 1919 and hosted by Bektaşoğlu Ali Çavuş, one of the leading figures of Kaman. He explains the Kaman people about the trouble that the country has fallen in and demands support for the War of İndependence. He left Kaman the next day, with close interest and support from the Kaman people.
Since there is no large industrial establishment in our district, the livelihood of the people is 90% based on agriculture and livestock. The total cultural land of the district is 807,776 decares, of which 49,510 decares are irrigated farming lands. In our district, agriculture is polyculture and the products grown are very diverse. Agricultural products are cereals, legumes, industrial crops, fodder crops, vegetables and fruits. In our district, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chamber of Tradesmen and Craftsmen, Chamber of Drivers, Chamber of Agriculture and Craftsman’s Cooperative are established. There are a total of 2,576 workplaces engaged in wholesale and retail trade of various sizes, in the district center, of which, 1065 affiliated to the Chamber of Industry and Trade, and 1511 affiliated to the Chamber of Tradesmen and Craftsmen.
For detailed information, you can visit the website of Kaman District Governorate.
Mucur
Mounds and caves around Mucur reveal that the district is a very ancient settlement. Besides the historical information obtained from the people of Mucur is not sufficient, it is understood from the historical artifacts found that the district was founded in the time of Etiler. As regards to the source of the name Mucur, it is alleged that there were no houses in the settlement of the district, people were living in caves and these people were Christians; in the meantime, Muslim Turks were residing in the Aşılık location in the 5 km north west of the district, the president of Christians was called as "mücrim (culprit)" and that the name Mucur was converted from mücrim as time passed. While Mucur was a village of Niğde, it became a township in 1868, although an application had been made to the government of the time to become a district before the Balkan war, this attempt did not yield any results due to the start of the war. On April 6, 1914, War Minister Enver Paşa came to our district to inspect the eastern front, faced the demand of our people to become a district and it was changed to a district in 1918. When Kırşehir province became a district in 1954, Mucur became the district of Nevşehir, and in 1957, it was subordinated to Kırşehir after Kırşehir became a province again.
80% of the district's economy is based on agriculture. Agriculture is done by modern methods. Generally wheat, barley, sunflower, lentil and beet are cultivated. There are totally 788,100 decares of agricultural land in the district and 27,904 decares are irrigated land. The district has a small industrial site with 142 workplaces. There are also flour, feed, marble and water factories. The majority of employment in the district is provided by these factories as well as roadhouses located on the Kayseri-Mainland roadsides. There are 3 Agricultural Credit Cooperatives in the center, in K.Yeniyapan and Avcı villages of our district.
For detailed information, you can visit the website of Mucur District Governorate.
