Çorum Province

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Çorum Province
Lion Gate in Hattusa.jpg
Lion Gate in Hattusa
Corum in Turkey.svg
Location of the province within Turkey
Country Turkey
Seat Çorum
Government
   Governor Zülkif Dağlı
Area
12,428 km2 (4,798 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [1]
524,130
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code 0364
Website www.corum.gov.tr

Çorum (Turkish : Çorum İli) is a province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey, but lying inland and having more characteristics of Central Anatolia than the Black Sea coast. Its area is 12,428 km2, [2] and its population is 524,130 (2022). [1] Its provincial capital is the city of Çorum, the traffic code is 19.

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History

The Sphinx Gate at Hattusa. This was one of the city gates. The arc is typical for Hittite architecture. Sphinx Gate, Hattusa 01.jpg
The Sphinx Gate at Hattusa. This was one of the city gates. The arc is typical for Hittite architecture.

Excavations reveal that Çorum area was inhabited during the Paleolithic, Neolithic period and the 4th stage of the Calcolithic Age. Remains of these periods have been found at Büyük Güllüce, Eskiyapar and Kuşsaray.

In later times Çorum and its environs were dominated by Hittites and in the district of Boğazkale is one of the most important Hittite sites in Anatolia, the UNESCO World Heritage listed Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire from 1700 BC to 1200 BC. Other important Hittite sites include the open-air temples at Yazılıkaya and Alacahöyük; royal tombs; and the excavations of Boğazköy including tablets proving tradings links between the Hittites and the Ancient Egyptians.

Later civilizations such as the Phrygians arrived here and who left remains at Pazarlı, north of Çorum. Besides the Phrygians, the Cimmerians, Medes, Persians, Galatians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuk Turks, Danishmends, Mongol Empire (Ilkhanids), Eretnids, Kadi Burhan al-Din and finally the Ottoman Empire also arrived here. As well as the Hittite archaeology, the province also contains a number of castles, bridges and mosques dating from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods.

In 1980, Nationalist Movement Party militants perpetrated the Çorum Massacre against the Alevi Turk minority, killing 57 and injuring more than 200.

Geography

Kizilirmak and Taybi plain, Iskilip Taybi Ovasi Kizilirmak.jpg
Kızılırmak and Taybı plain, İskilip

The province of Çorum is a mixture of mountains and high plateaus, some of it watered by the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak rivers. The province includes much attractive high meadow and mountain for walking and excursions from the city and towns.

Çorum is also known as a Geographical centre of Earth [ dubious discuss ]. In 2003, a revised calculation by Holger Isenberg using the higher resolution ETOPO2 global digital elevation model (DEM) with data points every 2' (3.7 km near equator) led to a more precise result of 40°52′N 34°34′E in the region of Çorum, Turkey (180 km northeast of Ankara) and thereby validated Woods' calculation.[ citation needed ]

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high °C4.26.511.517.421.825.628.929.125.619.512.16.0
Ave. low °C-4.3-3.8-1.13.77.09.812.112.08.74.70.3-2.3
source: www.meteor.gov.tr Archived 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

Districts

Corum location districts.png

Çorum province is divided into 14 districts (capital district in bold):

Population

Population statistical of districts
District 1831*18491893190719271950196019701980199020002007
Çorum 10.075*49.05780.97360.75288.056118.536144.569168.985189.748221.699
Alaca ----26.78746.44454.31556.65756.72453.40353.193
Bayat ------22.83627.07831.95736.29430.574
Boğazkale ---------9.9738.190
Dodurga ---------13.55010.439
İskilip 11.450*43.44243.27152.36253.72266.61155.61867.43472.56952.56945.327
Kargı ------31.56432.26131.24726.76220.388
Laçin ---------11.9609.425
Mecitözü --31.928190736.75244.31934.59835.49634.91131.24626.064
Oğuzlar ---------11.1549.083
Ortaköy ------9.58011.01612.42013.07311.820
Osmancık 4.349*17.63929.47329.18433.49442.96053.84963.01852.49053.758
Sungurlu 67.60739.79340.40562.42976.38290.006100.00088.32780.840
Uğurludağ ---------18.11116.265
Total202.601247.602341.353446.389518.366571.831608.660597.065

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40°33′52″N34°39′50″E / 40.56444°N 34.66389°E / 40.56444; 34.66389