Karabük

Also known as Karabük City

Karabük is a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karabük Province and Karabük District. Its population is 125,403 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

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Karabük is a city and municipality in Turkey, serving as the capital of Karabük Province. It is located in the Karadeniz Bölgesi region and shares a border with Safranbolu. The city is situated at an elevation of 354 meters above sea level and operates in the UTC+03:00 time zone.

The population of Karabük is recorded as 131,989, with an urban population of 123,309 and a rural population of 16,189. Another source lists the population as 125,403. The city’s official website is karabuk.bel.tr.

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Place details

Locality: Karabük Merkez
Region: Karabük Province
Country: Türkiye
Population: 125,403
Timezone: Europe/Istanbul

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PM2.5: 16.5 µg/m³
PM10: 21.1 µg/m³

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Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Karabük
Turkey place.image_skyline: Karabük_view_8028.jpg
Turkey place.province: Karabük
Turkey place.district: Karabük
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Özkan Çetinkaya
Turkey place.elevation_m: 301
Turkey place.population_total: 125403
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 78000
Turkey place.area_code: 0370
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Cfa

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Karabük is a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karabük Province and Karabük District. Its population is 125,403 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

Karabük was built in the 1930s as the seat of the iron and steel industry of Turkey, and thus is prone to the hazardous effects of air pollution. Karabük lies in a location near Filyos River formed by the merge of Araç and Soğanlı rivers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karabük” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.