Английская Википедия:Ceyhan
Шаблон:Infobox Turkey place Ceyhan (Шаблон:IPA-tr) is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey.[1] Its area is 1,426 km2,[2] and its population is 158,922 (2022).[3] It is the most populous district of the province, outside the city of Adana. Ceyhan is the transportation hub for Middle Eastern and Central Asian oil and natural gas. The city is situated on the Ceyhan River that flows through Çukurova plain. The Ceyhan River is dammed at Aslantas to provide flood control and irrigation for the lower river basin around Ceyhan.
Climate
Ceyhan has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa)[4] with very hot, muggy summers with low precipitation, and mild, rainy winters.
Economy
Ceyhan's marine transport terminal is the Mediterranean terminus of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (the "BTC") which brings crude oil from the landlocked Caspian Sea across Azerbaijan and Georgia, and entering Turkey in the northeast. The pipeline was completed in May 2005. The terminal contains seven storage tanks, a jetty capable of loading two tankers of up to Шаблон:DWT simultaneously, metering facilities, a waste water treatment plant and vapor incineration ("burn-off") facilities.
Ceyhan Terminal is also the destination of Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline.
Contemporary Life
Ceyhan is the second most developed and populated district of Adana Province after the center of Adana. The river runs through the district.
Transport
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is the closest airport to Ceyhan Шаблон:Cvt west of the city. There are domestic and international flights to numerous destinations from the airport. There was a plane crash here in 1999. A Saudi bound plane carrying Hajj pilgrims crashed a few minutes after take off. There were many deaths.
Ceyhan Railway Station was opened in 1912 as part of the Berlin-Baghdad Railway. The station is currently served by two regional lines and one long-distance line. Regional lines run from Mersin to İskenderun and Mersin to İslahiye; long-distance line runs from Adana to Elazığ. There are three services daily to Adana Central Station to connect to the western destinations; Mersin, Ankara, Karaman and Kayseri.
Places of interest
- The Caravanserai of Kurtkulağı - built in 1659 by Hüseyin Paşa, architect Mehmed Ağa.
- Tumlu Kale or Dumlukale - another castle.
- Sirkeli Höyük - built to commemorate a battle here between Hittite emperor Muvattali and the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses.
Composition
There are 112 neighbourhoods in Ceyhan District:[5] Шаблон:Div col
- Adapınar
- Adatepe
- Ağaçlı
- Ağaçpınar
- Akdam
- Altıgözbekirli
- Altıkara
- Altıocak
- Atatürk
- Aydınlar
- Aytemuroğlu
- Azizli
- Başören
- Belediye Evleri
- Birkent
- Bota
- Burhaniye
- Burhanlı
- Büyükburhaniye
- Büyükkırım
- Büyükmangıt
- Çakaldere
- Camuzağılı
- Çataklı
- Çatalhüyük
- Çevretepe
- Ceyhanbekirli
- Çiçekli
- Çiftlikler
- Civantayak
- Çokçapınar
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağıstan
- Değirmendere
- Değirmenli
- Dikilitaş
- Dokuztekne
- Doruk
- Durhasandede
- Dutlupınar
- Ekinyazı
- Elmagölü
- Emek
- Erenler
- Esentepe
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet
- Gazi Osman Paşa
- Gümürdülü
- Gündoğan
- Günlüce
- Hamdilli
- Hamidiye
- Hamitbey
- Hamitbeybucağı
- Hürriyet
- İmran
- İnceyer
- İnönü
- Irmaklı
- İsalı
- Isırganlı
- İstiklal
- Karakayalı
- Kelemeti
- Kılıçkaya
- Kıvrıklı
- Kızıldere
- Konakoğlu
- Köprülü
- Körkuyu
- Koruklu
- Kösreli
- Küçükburhaniye
- Küçükkırım
- Küçükmangıt
- Kurtkulağı
- Kurtpınar
- Kuzucak
- Mercimek
- Mercin
- Mithatpaşa
- Modernevler
- Muradiye
- Mustafabeyli
- Namık Kemal
- Narlık
- Nazımbey Yeniköy
- Sağırlar
- Sağkaya
- Şahin Özbilen
- Sarıbahçe
- Sarımazı
- Sarısakal
- Şehit Hacı Ibrahim
- Selimiye
- Sirkeli
- Soğukpınar
- Soysallı
- Tatarlı
- Tatlıkuyu
- Toktamış
- Tumlu
- Üçdutyeşilova
- Ulus
- Veysiye
- Yalak
- Yarsuat
- Yellibel
- Yeşilbahçe
- Yeşildam
- Yılankale
- Zübeyde Hanım
International relations
Ceyhan is twinned with:
See also
Footnotes
Шаблон:Districts of Turkey Шаблон:Ceyhan District Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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- ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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