Kastamonu also has many mansions, which are traditionally built with an architectural style unique to this region. The ruins of the Roman city-state Pompeiopolis are found near Taşköprü. When the Greeks noticed this activity, the İnebolu port was bombarded from the sea on 9 June 1921. The sultan's heirs were often sent to rule the province as governors to gain experience.Īfter the First World War, during the battles of the Turkish War of Independence, Kastamonu played an important role in the supply of ammunition and troops to the İnebolu– Ankara front, transporting the war machines that would arrive to İnebolu by sea from Constantinople and the Soviets. Ottoman sultan Mehmed II incorporated the region back to the empire in 1461.ĭuring the Ottoman reign, the province boundaries were expanded up to reach Constantinople. The Ottoman sultan Beyazid I conquered the province in 1392 however, following his capture and death in Battle of Ankara, the area was granted back to the Çandaroğlu by the Mongol warlord Timur Lenk. The region went then under the hegemony of the Seljuq dynasty 11th century CE, followed by the Danishmends, the Byzantines during the crusades, Çobanoğlu and Jandarid beyliks. The capitol center of this new city-state was Pompeiopolis, of which the remains still stand near Taşköprü District in Kastamonu. After the fall of the Pontus kingdom in first century BC, the area was incorporated by the Roman Empire by joining Paphlagonia with Bithynia. With the weakening of the Macedon kings, the whole Paphlagonia and Bithynia regions were engulfed by the newly formed Pontus kingdom.
There are theories that the word Kastamonu derives from Castra Comnenus, the Latin name of the Byzantine castle built by the Comnenus dynasty. There are also some archeological findings dating back to about 100,000 years that suggest the region was inhabited then. However, some sources dating back to the Early Middle Ages refer to the province. It is not definitely known when Kastamonu was first founded. Kastamonu province is divided into 20 districts (capital district in bold): The province center has a population of 64,606.
The population density is 24.62 inhabitants per km². The population was 361,222 people in 2010. The province has an area of 13,108 km², and a population of 322,759 people (2006 est).
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