Çorum Province

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.

Çorum Province
Province
Lion Gate in Hattusa
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
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0364
Website	www.corum.gov.tr

History

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

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]}

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high °C	4.2	6.5	11.5	17.4	21.8	25.6	28.9	29.1	25.6	19.5	12.1	6.0
Ave. low °C	-4.3	-3.8	-1.1	3.7	7.0	9.8	12.1	12.0	8.7	4.7	0.3	-2.3
source: www.meteor.gov.tr Archived 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

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

Population statistical of districts
District	1831*	1849	1893	1907	1927	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2007
Çorum	10.075*		49.057	80.973	60.752	88.056	118.536	144.569	168.985	189.748	221.699
Alaca	-	-	-	-	26.787	46.444	54.315	56.657	56.724	53.403	53.193
Bayat	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.836	27.078	31.957	36.294	30.574
Boğazkale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.973	8.190
Dodurga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.550	10.439
İskilip	11.450*	43.442	43.271	52.362	53.722	66.611	55.618	67.434	72.569	52.569	45.327
Kargı	-	-	-	-	-	-	31.564	32.261	31.247	26.762	20.388
Laçin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.960	9.425
Mecitözü	-	-	31.928	1907	36.752	44.319	34.598	35.496	34.911	31.246	26.064
Oğuzlar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.154	9.083
Ortaköy	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.580	11.016	12.420	13.073	11.820
Osmancık	4.349*		17.639	29.473	29.184	33.494	42.960	53.849	63.018	52.490	53.758
Sungurlu			67.607	39.793	40.405	62.429	76.382	90.006	100.000	88.327	80.840
Uğurludağ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.111	16.265
Total				202.601	247.602	341.353	446.389	518.366	571.831	608.660	597.065

• 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

40°33′52″N 34°39′50″E