Bağbaşı

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Bağbaşı
Eğiste
Town
Bağbaşı is located in Turkey
Bağbaşı
Bağbaşı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°06′N 32°27′E / 37.100°N 32.450°E / 37.100; 32.450Coordinates: 37°06′N 32°27′E / 37.100°N 32.450°E / 37.100; 32.450
Country Turkey
ProvinceKonya Province
DistrictHadim
Government
 • BodyBağbaşı Municipality
Elevation
1,320 m (4,330 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,965
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code0332

Bağbaşı (former Eğiste) is a town in Hadim district of Konya Province, Turkey. It is situated in Toros Mountains. At 37°06′N 32°27′E / 37.100°N 32.450°E / 37.100; 32.450 it is just at the south of a pass named after Eğiste. Bağbaşı is planned to be the northern terminus of a 17 kilometres (11 mi) tunnel project named Blue tunnel (Turkish: Mavi tünel) where the southern terminal will be Atayurt in Mersin Province. After realising the project water from Göksu River will be fed to Konya villages. The population of the town is 1965 as of 2011.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 13 April 2012.