Kalaba is a town (belde) in the Avanos District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey.

[1] Kalaba is located on Turkish state highway D.260.

The former name Karayusuf Höyüğü refers to the founder of the settlement.

[3] Major economic activities are agriculture and animal breeding.

Also many Kalaba residents work in West Europe as foreign worker (Gastarbeiter)