Zonguldak

Zonguldak is a town and the capital of Zonguldak Province inside the Black Sea area of Turkey. It become established in 1849 as a port town for the close by coal mines in Eregli and the coal trade remains its fundamental financial hobby. According to the 2009 census, Zonguldak has a populace of 108,792. The modern mayor is Muharrem Akdemir, representing the CHP. Zonguldak is one of the maximum profits economies among Turkish cities.

There are several special theories regarding the starting place of the town's name. One is that it comes from Zone Geul-Dagh, the call given to the vicinity via French and Belgian mining companies to consult the quarter close to "Geul-Dagh" or Goldagi, the very best mountain within the vicinity of the Devrek district. Another theory is that the call originates from the Turkish zongalik which means that swamp, or zongura.

Another is that the name may derive from the call of the nearby historical agreement of Sandraka or Sandrake. According to any other principle the name can also have come from the compound phrase Jangal-Dagh, composed of Persian jangal, which the French entrepreneurs known as the vicinity because of its choppy and wooded geography, plus Turkish dag 'mountain'. In a 1920 file, the British Foreign Office spelled Zonguldak Zunguldak.