Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu.[1][2] The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi),[3] and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft). ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safranbolu )