Kırıkkale

Kırıkkale is the capital of the Kırıkkale Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located 80 km east of Ankara which is the capital city of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, the population of the province is 280,834, of which 192,705 live in the city of Kırıkkale.[3][4] The name of the city means broken castle.

This article is about the town in Turkey. For the village in Turkey, see Melouseia.
Kırıkkale
Municipality
Clock Tower in Kırıkkale
Clock Tower in Kırıkkale
Kırıkkale is located in Turkey
Kırıkkale
Kırıkkale
Kırıkkale is located in Europe
Kırıkkale
Kırıkkale
Coordinates: 39°50′30″N 33°30′50″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKırıkkale
Government
 • MayorMehmet Saygılı (AKP)
Area
[1]
 • District318.07 km2 (122.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
192,473
 • District
200,625
 • District density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Websitewww.kirikkale.bel.tr
Kırıkkale Square Nur Mosque

The town of Kırıkkale is located on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kızılırmak River in central Turkey. Formerly a village, it owes its rapid rise in population mainly to the establishment of steel mills in the 1950s. These works, among the largest in the country, specialize in high-quality alloy steel and machinery. In the 1960s, chemical plants were added and in 1986, the Tüpraş Kırıkkale Oil Refinery was established.

Kırıkkale University is located in the city.

History

Perhaps formerly known as Sarmalius in antiquity,[5][6][7] The name of the city supposedly comes from the name "Kırık" a village 3 km north of the city combined with another name called "Kale", meaning castle, in the centre of the city, the two were put together to make 'Kırıkkale'. Kırıkkale in Turkish means "broken castle". Inhabitation began in the 16th century when Turkish tribes came from the east and settled in Central Anatolia. [8]

Geography

Kırıkkale was recently declared a state in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey which is near Kızılırmak River translating to Red River. The river is used to produce rice for the Turkish economy. The natural vegetation is steppe type, and vineyards are found in abundance.[8]

Economy
Shopping Mall in Kırıkkale

Climate

Kırıkkale has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk) or a continental climate (Trewartha: Dc).[9] Winters are cold and moderately snowy, whereas summers are hot and dry. Rainfall is most common during spring and autumn.

Climate data for Kırıkkale (1991–2020, extremes 1963–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.0
(62.6)		 21.4
(70.5)		 30.4
(86.7)		 32.0
(89.6)		 36.0
(96.8)		 37.6
(99.7)		 41.8
(107.2)		 40.3
(104.5)		 40.6
(105.1)		 33.5
(92.3)		 24.8
(76.6)		 19.0
(66.2)		 41.8
(107.2)
Average high °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)		 7.8
(46.0)		 13.2
(55.8)		 18.7
(65.7)		 23.8
(74.8)		 28.2
(82.8)		 31.8
(89.2)		 31.9
(89.4)		 27.7
(81.9)		 21.4
(70.5)		 13.0
(55.4)		 6.3
(43.3)		 19.0
(66.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.8
(33.4)		 2.7
(36.9)		 7.2
(45.0)		 12.2
(54.0)		 17.1
(62.8)		 21.4
(70.5)		 24.9
(76.8)		 24.9
(76.8)		 20.3
(68.5)		 14.4
(57.9)		 7.0
(44.6)		 2.4
(36.3)		 12.9
(55.2)
Average low °C (°F) −2.4
(27.7)		 −1.4
(29.5)		 2.0
(35.6)		 6.1
(43.0)		 10.7
(51.3)		 14.5
(58.1)		 17.6
(63.7)		 17.7
(63.9)		 13.1
(55.6)		 8.3
(46.9)		 2.2
(36.0)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 7.3
(45.1)
Record low °C (°F) −22.4
(−8.3)		 −21.6
(−6.9)		 −19.8
(−3.6)		 −6.8
(19.8)		 0.4
(32.7)		 4.6
(40.3)		 7.4
(45.3)		 7.2
(45.0)		 2.7
(36.9)		 −5.0
(23.0)		 −9.7
(14.5)		 −18.0
(−0.4)		 −22.4
(−8.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 42.8
(1.69)		 30.2
(1.19)		 39.1
(1.54)		 40.0
(1.57)		 50.2
(1.98)		 42.3
(1.67)		 9.6
(0.38)		 14.4
(0.57)		 15.0
(0.59)		 29.1
(1.15)		 30.6
(1.20)		 43.6
(1.72)		 386.9
(15.23)
Average precipitation days 11.57 9.93 11.03 11.87 13.37 9.83 3.50 3.57 4.73 7.50 8.00 11.27 106.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours 83.7 121.5 170.5 216.0 269.7 312.0 359.6 341.0 270.0 207.7 141.0 74.4 2,567.1
Mean daily sunshine hours 2.7 4.3 5.5 7.2 8.7 10.4 11.6 11.0 9.0 6.7 4.7 2.4 7.0
Source: Turkish State Meteorological Service[10]

Notes
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. "Adrese Dayalı Nüfus Kayıt Sistemi (ADNKS)-Nüfus Sayımı Sonuçları" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  4. GeoHive. "Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units". Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  5. S. Mitchell. "Map 63 Ancyra" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  6. S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, and S. Gillies. "'Sarmalius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2012". Retrieved 2023-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Johan Åhlfeldt. "About: Sarmalius, perhaps near Kırıkkale". Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  8. "Web Hosting Control Panel Login". www.allaboutturkey.com.
  9. Öztürk, Mehmet Zeynel; Çetinkaya, Gülden; Aydın, Selman. "Köppen-Geiger İklim Sınıflandırmasına Göre Türkiye'nin İklim Tipleri/Climate Types of Turkey According to Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification". Coğrafya Dergisi – Journal of Geography. 35 (2017): 17–27. doi:10.26650/JGEOG295515. Retrieved 23 June 2020. (in Turkish and English)
  10. "Resmi İstatistikler: İllerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991–2020)" (in Turkish). Turkish State Meteorological Service. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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