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Kırıkkale
— District —
Delice River valley near Kırıkkale
Location of Kırıkkale within Turkey.
Kırıkkale is located in Turkey
Kırıkkale
Location of Kırıkkale within Turkey.
Coordinates: 39°51′N 33°30′E
Country Turkey
Province Kırıkkale
Government
• Mayor Veli Korkmaz (AKP)
Elevation 713 m (2,339 ft)
Population (2009)
• Urban 192,705
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 71xxx
Area code(s) 0318
Licence plate 71

Kırıkkale is the capital of the Kırıkkale Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located 80 km east of Ankara. According to the 2000 census, the population of the province is 280,834, of which 192,705 live in the city of Kırıkkale.[1][2] The name of the city means broken castle.

The town of Kırıkkale is located on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kızıl 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.

Kırıkkale University is located in the city.
Contents

1 History
2 Geography
2.1 Climate
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

History

The name of the city supposedly comes from the name "Kırık" a village 3km 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'. Inhabitation began in the 16th century when Turkish tribes came from the east and settled in Central Anatolia. [3]
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.[4]
Climate

Kırıkkale has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsa) and semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk), with cold and snowy winters and hot and dry summers. Rainfall occurs mostly during the spring and autumn.

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