The first settlement built by Pontus in Asia Minor.

Today the Municipal District Petralona with 377 residents classified as upland area with an altitude of 270 meters. Mountain “Goat” for the largest proportion of which is included in this apartment – the cave Petralona worldwide known for its important prehistoric finds such as the skull of Archanthropus and numerous bones of prehistoric animals.

The main activities of the inhabitants are mainly rural farming grain and livestock, generally sheep.