Cankiri is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, about 140 kilometers northeast of Ankara, and serves as the administrative seat of both Cankiri Province and Cankiri District, with a population of 90,564 recorded in the 2021 census. Known in antiquity as Gangra, it appears to have once been the capital of Paphlagonia and the seat of that kingdom's last king; the Romans later called it Germanicopolis, and in the 4th century it hosted the Synod of Gangra, an influential early Christian church council. The city subsequently passed through Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman rule before becoming part of the modern Turkish republic in 1923.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Çankırı (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.6, longitude 33.616667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 730 m
Wikidata statement P1082
population = 90564 (Wikidata P1082, as of 2021, normal rank)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Çankırı - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 727 m
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 33.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 33.75
40.75 33.75 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Çankırı - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 749748Quote, cities500 record 749748
40.59995 33.6153 P PPLA TR 82 13308782 90564 727 Europe/Istanbul
Çankırı (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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