Bingöl
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Bingöl | |
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Municipality | |
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Country | Turkey |
Province | Bingöl |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yücel Barakazi (AKP) |
Area[1] | |
• District | 1,789.86 km2 (691.07 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 98,424 |
• District | 142,455 |
• District density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Website | www.facebook.com/Bingolluyuz |
Bingöl (Armenian: Ճապաղջուր Chapaghjur, Zazaki: Çewlîg, Northern Kurdish: Çewlîg) is a city in Eastern Turkey. It is surrounded by mountains and a large number of glacier lakes, hence the name (Turkish for a thousand lakes). Lately, the town has become a popular tourist destination. According to 2009 estimates, it has a population of 87,918 .[3]
Bingöl is the capital of Bingöl Province, one of the 81 provinces of Turkey.
On May 1, 2003 the whole area suffered from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, leaving 177 dead and 520 injured. On 8 March 2010, the area suffered another earthquake, of magnitude 5.9, with its epicenter in Elâzığ Province, 45 km (28 mi) west of Bingöl.
History
In the Middle Ages, Bingöl was known as Romanoupolis (Greek: Ῥωμανοῦπολις) after the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, who incorporated it permanently into the Byzantine Empire in 942. It initially formed a subdivision of the thema of Mesopotamia, but it was later (ca. 970) elevated into a separate theme.[4]
Geography
Bingöl is 144 km east of Elâzığ and is situated in the high region of Eastern Anatolia. Bingöl is a mountainous area with heights reaching 10,000 feet.[5]
Climate
Bingöl has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsa), with hot and dry summers and cold and snowy winters. The driest months are July and August and the wettest are February and December.
Climate data for Bingöl (1960-2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.3 (106.3) |
37.8 (100) |
32.1 (89.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.8 (73) |
42 (107.6) |
Average high °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
18.35 (65.03) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
21.1 (70) |
14.0 (57.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
12.01 (53.62) |
Average low °C (°F) | −6.1 (21) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.9 (66) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
6.37 (43.48) |
Record low °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
7.8 (46) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−15.0 (5) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 132.6 (5.22) |
133.5 (5.256) |
127.4 (5.016) |
122.2 (4.811) |
75.3 (2.965) |
20.8 (0.819) |
5.8 (0.228) |
3.4 (0.134) |
10.2 (0.402) |
64.2 (2.528) |
110.8 (4.362) |
136.1 (5.358) |
942.3 (37.099) |
Average precipitation days | 12.6 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 108.6 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 105.4 | 123.2 | 155 | 168 | 238.7 | 291 | 310 | 294.5 | 258 | 195.3 | 135 | 93 | 2,367.1 |
Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [6] |
Transport
Bingöl Airport opened on 12 July 2013.
Education
Bingöl University opened on 29 May 2007. [7]
References
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- ↑ http://www.dmi.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=BINGOL
- ↑ Bingöl University
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