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Madenköy
Madenköy (literally village of mines) is a village in Ulukışla district of Niğde Province, Turkey. It is situated in high reaches in Toros Mountains at It is about to state highway Distance to Ulukışla is and to Niğde is . There is a small lake at the west of the village and the frog species Rana holtzi inhabits the shore of the lake. A mining company plans to open gold mines around the village . But villagers oppose the plan. The population of Madenköy is 171 as of 2011.