Baskil
Municipality in Elazığ, Turkey
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Baskil (Kurdish: Baskîl)[2] is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Baskil District.[3] Its population is 4,826 (2021).[1]
Baskil | |
|---|---|
  Baskil Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°34′11″N 38°49′23″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Elazığ |
| District | Baskil |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | İhsan Akmurat (AKP) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 4,826 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 23800 |
| Climate | Csa |
| Website | www |
In the 2019 local elections, AKP mayor İhsan Akmurat narrowly won reelection, beating the MHP candidate Tuncer Turus by 49.77% to 48.57%.[4]
Climate
Baskil has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa),[5] with hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.[6]
| Climate data for Baskil (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
4.9 (40.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
4.6 (40.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.2 (29.8) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
0.9 (33.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
0.6 (33.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.1 (1.50) |
46.55 (1.83) |
44.32 (1.74) |
63.06 (2.48) |
56.76 (2.23) |
12.29 (0.48) |
2.72 (0.11) |
2.26 (0.09) |
8.36 (0.33) |
34.69 (1.37) |
41.94 (1.65) |
44.24 (1.74) |
395.29 (15.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 64.3 |
| Source: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
