Erfelek

Erfelek

Erfelek is a settlement in the west of Sinop City Center, adjacent to the center, Ayancık and Boyabat. There are 46 villages in Erfelek, which gained district status in 1960. Erfelek District, located in the Western Black Sea Basin, is located in the Sinop Plain within the borders of the Central District, I-IV. Except for class VI agricultural lands, and VII. It has a mountainous land structure with dense agricultural lands. Erfelek is the seventh largest settlement of the province in terms of population size. According to the population results of 2020, the district population is 12,024 people, of which 3,905 people are urban and 8,119 people are rural. In this case, the district, with an urban population rate of 32.5% and a rural population rate of 67.5%, is among the settlements with a low urbanization rate. In the tables at the beginning of the chapter, it is seen that the population of Erfelek District has decreased significantly since 1980. In parallel with the general trend in other districts, urban-rural population ratios have shown a significant change in favor of the urban population. However, the rural population in the district continues to dominate.