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Çorum Province
Province
Lion Gate in Hattusa
Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Çorum
Government
• Governor	Zülkif Dağlı
Area	12,428 km (4,798 sq mi)
Population	524,130
• Density	42/km (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 km, and its population is 524,130 (2022). Its provincial capital is the city of Çorum, the traffic code is 19.

History

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.

Geography

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. 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.

Districts

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

• Alaca
• Bayat
• Boğazkale
• Çorum
• Dodurga
• İskilip
• Kargı
• Laçin
• Mecitözü
• Oğuzlar
• Ortaköy
• Osmancık
• Sungurlu
• Uğurludağ

Population

• The census data of 1831 is only the central city, villages and towns are not included.
• The boxes with (-) sign are the times the before the subprovince was a subprovince.

References

1. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• (in Turkish) Çorum governor's official website
• (in Turkish) Çorum municipality's official website
• (in English) Çorum weather forecast information

v t e Çorum Province of Turkey
Districts	Alaca Bayat Boğazkale Çorum Dodurga İskilip Kargı Laçin Mecitözü Oğuzlar Ortaköy Osmancık Sungurlu Uğurludağ
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40°33′52″N 34°39′50″E / 40.56444°N 34.66389°E / 40.56444; 34.66389

• Çorum Province