Tokat is a municipality in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia, Turkey, seat of both Tokat Province and Tokat District, at the confluence of the Tokat River with the Yesilirmak. Its population was 163,405 in 2022. The city has been inhabited since antiquity and served as an administrative, commercial and military center under the Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans, positioned along important trade routes linking Central Anatolia to the Black Sea. Notable landmarks include Tokat Castle, the 13th-century Seljuk Gok Medrese and the Ottoman-era caravanserai Tashan.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude40.309722 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tokat (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 163,405 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.309722, longitude 36.554167
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 623 m
P2046 (area)
area 1.923 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 163405 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Tokat - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 738743
40.31389 36.55444 P PPLA TR 60 13308791 129702 627 Europe/Istanbul
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 627 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 40.25, 36.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 36.75
40.25 36.75 Cfb
Tokat (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Tokat is a city of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia.
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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