Zara is a district center in the Upper Kızılırmak Department in the east of Central Anatolia Region, within the administrative boundaries of Sivas province. The places where the mountain ranges are located at the junction of the two streams, where they pass through natural roads, play an important role in the establishment and development of settlements. As a matter of fact, Zara, the longest stream of our country, Kızılırmak, upper groundbreaking tributary of the small creek at the junction of the section, antesedans events as a result of the strait formed at the point of settlement is the core. It was established in a natural pass at an elevation of 1340 m, located at the southern foot of the Zara Western Plateau, towards a plain that opens to the west from here, protecting itself from cold and strong winds from the north. This passage is located on natural road routes that run from east to west and open to the Black Sea Zara, whose founding date is quite old, has moved its settlement core to the present day without changing with the advantage of its convenient location and topography. It is known that Zara, which dates from material cultural documents to prehistoric periods, was a settlement (town/village) under the rule of the Seljuk and Ottoman states. Zara, which continued its development with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, today has the characteristic of a small city with a population of 11558. From the establishment of Zara to the present day, the layout of the settlement has been discussed in periodic periods of development and today's functional characteristics have been emphasized.