Şaphane 4.68

Şaphane, formerly Abşeker, is a town and district of Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 11,715 of which 4,671 live in the town of Şaphane.General Information about Şaphane:TOURISMMt. Şaphane ( Akdağ) is open for the mountain tourism with its plateaus that are rich for their oxygen levels. It is 2121 meters high and on a 100 000 hectar area with 20 000 hectars of new planting parts. Paragliding and trekking are some of the activities you can do on Mt. Şaphane. Kocaseyfullah Mosque is one of our historical spots with its age dating back to 700 years. It is inherited from Anatolian Seljuks. We also have Agha Mansions on which some investments can be directed. We have profiteable thermal water sources in Karacaderbent ward of Şaphane where some thermal villages, hotels and physical therapy clinic projects can be done.MEDICINAL HERBOn Mount Şaphane, There is a variety of medicinal herbs like thyme, sage, linden tree, “Ayvadanası”, “Filistan” herb, nigella sativa, urtica dioica, daisy, papaverum rhoaes, sand rose etc. and many kinds of unexplored plant families.CHERRY AND SOUR CHERRYIn our district, cherry and sour cherry are cultivated using waterless agricultural methods. We have a quality policy over world standards with 2000 tons cherry and 7000 tons sour cherry export quality. Our district is open for investments for both industry ( fruit juice – consantrate – marmelade – jam) and export. We also have enough capacity and labour force.MINES IN OUR DISTRICTALUMThere is alum mine in our district and the mine area is possessed by Dostel Inc. and it gives 50 000 tons of total production amount per year.ALUMINIUM SULPHATE65000 tons of aluminium sulphate (Al2So4) has been produced by Dostel Inc. in our district. This product is sold mainly to İSKİ and ASKİ. It is also purchased by metropolitan municipalities and standard municipalities’ water authority units and paper factories. This purchases provide benefits to our district.