Kırıkkale is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, about 80 kilometers east of Ankara, and is the seat of both Kırıkkale Province and Kırıkkale District. Its name means broken castle. Formerly a village, it grew rapidly after steel mills were established there in the 1950s, followed by chemical plants in the 1960s and an oil refinery in 1986, and it became a provincial administrative center in 1989. As of 2022 it had a population of about 186,960.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Latitude39.841667 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kırıkkale (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 39.841667, longitude 33.513889
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 713 m
P2046 (area)
area 318.0 sq km
Wikidata statement P1082
population = 186960 (Wikidata P1082, as of 2022, preferred rank)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Kırıkkale - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 307654
39.84528 33.50639 P PPLA TR 79 13308772 186960 731 Europe/Istanbul
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 731 m
View the Source 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 39.75, 33.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.75, 33.75
39.75 33.75 Csb
Kırıkkale (Wikipedia)
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Kırıkkale is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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