Ceylanpınar

Ceylanpınar (Kurdish: Serêkaniyê,[3] Arabic: رأس العين Ra's al 'Ayn, Ottoman Turkish: رأس العين Resülayn[4]) is a district of Şanlıurfa Province in southeastern Turkey. On the border with Syria, it is reached by a long straight road D.905 across the plain south from Viranşehir. It forms a divided city with Ra's al-'Ayn in Syria and there is a border crossing.

Ceylanpınar
Ceylanpınar
Coordinates: 36°50′46″N 40°02′56″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceŞanlıurfa
Government
 • MayorMenderes Atilla (AKP)
 • KaymakamMusa Uslan
Area
[1]
 • District2,200.84 km2 (849.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
48,050
 • District
77,981
 • District density35/km2 (92/sq mi)
Post code
63570
Websitewww.ceylanpinar.bel.tr
Districts of Şanlıurfa

The district covers an area of 2,003 km2 (773 sq mi) and has a population of 69,774 (2000 census), of whom 44,258 live in the town of Ceylanpınar itself.[5]

Immigration

Evren Paşa neighborhood is populated by Uzbeks, who are Afghan refugees.[6]

Climate

Ceylanpınar has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). Summers are extremely hot with virtually no rain at all, winters tend to be cool but can become very cold due to northeasterly winds.[7]

Climate data for Ceylanpınar
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 11
(52)		 13
(55)		 18
(64)		 23
(73)		 30
(86)		 37
(99)		 40
(104)		 40
(104)		 36
(97)		 28
(82)		 20
(68)		 13
(55)		 26
(78)
Average low °C (°F) 0
(32)		 1
(34)		 4
(39)		 8
(46)		 12
(54)		 17
(63)		 20
(68)		 19
(66)		 15
(59)		 10
(50)		 4
(39)		 1
(34)		 9
(49)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 70
(2.8)		 66
(2.6)		 62
(2.4)		 44
(1.7)		 22
(0.9)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 22
(0.9)		 44
(1.7)		 69
(2.7)		 399
(15.7)
Average precipitation days 12 11 11 10 7 0 0 0 0 5 9 11 76
Source: Weatherbase [8]

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 419.
  5. GABB - Ceylanpınar Belediyesi Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Urfa'daki Özbek Türkleri Nevruz'u kutladı
  7. Climate Summary
  8. "Catalozu, Turkey Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)".


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