Kırıkkale

Also known as Kırıkkale City

thumb|Kırıkkale Square Nur Mosque Kırıkkale is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kırıkkale Province and Kırıkkale District. Its population is 186,960 (2022). It is located 80 km east of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. The name of the city means broken castle.

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Kırıkkale is a city and municipality in Turkey, serving as the capital of Kırıkkale Province. It is located in the İç Anadolu Bölgesi region at an elevation of 713 meters above sea level. The city has a population of 193,093 and covers an area of 318 square kilometers. Its urban population is recorded as 205,078, while the rural population is 194,828.

The local dialing code for Kırıkkale is 0318, and it operates in the UTC+03:00 time zone. The city is twinned with Travnik. In Japanese kana script, the name is written as クルッカレ.

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Place details

Locality: Kırıkkale Belediyesi
Region: Kırıkkale
Country: Türkiye
Population: 186,960
Timezone: Europe/Istanbul

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Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Kırıkkale
Turkey place.image_skyline: Kırıkkale Saat Kulesi.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Clock Tower in Kırıkkale
Turkey place.province: Kırıkkale
Turkey place.district: Kırıkkale
Turkey place.leader_party: CHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Ahmet Önal
Turkey place.population_total: 186960
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 71000
Turkey place.area_code: 0318

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: Turkey
Located in: Kırıkkale Province
Population: 193093
Area: 318
Elevation: 713
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Capital of: Kırıkkale Province
Official website: www.kirikkale.bel.tr
Image: Kırıkkale.jpg
Dialing code: 0318

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Commons category: Kırıkkale
topic's main category: Category:Kırıkkale
category of associated people: Category:People from Kırıkkale
urban population: 188769
rural population: 6892
twinned administrative body: Travnik
P12749: Hubble Space Telescope
different from: Kırıkkale Province
name in kana: クルッカレ

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The town of Kırıkkale is located on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kızılırmak River in central Turkey. Formerly a village, it owes its rapid rise in population mainly to the establishment of steel mills in the 1950s. These works, among the largest in the country, specialize in high-quality alloy steel and machinery. In the 1960s, chemical plants were added and in 1986, the Tüpraş Kırıkkale Oil Refinery was established.

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