Ceylanpınar
District and municipality in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Ceylanpınar (Kurdish: Serêkaniyê,[2] Arabic: رأس العين Ra's al 'Ayn, Ottoman Turkish: رأس العين Resülayn[3]) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 1,589 km2,[5] and its population is 90,440 (2022).[1] On the border with Syria, it is reached by a long straight road D.905 across the plain south from Viranşehir. It forms a divided city with Ra's al-'Ayn in Syria and there is a border crossing.
Ceylanpınar | |
|---|---|
District and municipality | |
Map showing Ceylanpınar District in Şanlıurfa Province | |
  Ceylanpınar Location in Turkey  Ceylanpınar Ceylanpınar (Şanlıurfa) | |
| Coordinates: 36°50′46″N 40°02′56″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şanlıurfa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Feyyaz Soylu (AKP) |
Area | 1,589 km2 (614 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 90,440 |
| • Density | 56.92/km2 (147.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 63570 |
| Area code | 0414 |
| Website | www |
Composition
There are 52 neighbourhoods in Ceylanpınar District:[6]
- 15 Temmuz
- Adnan Menderes
- Akbulut
- Aktepe
- Alaca
- Altınköy
- Aşağıdoruklu
- Aşağıdurmuş
- Aşağıkarataş
- Avcılı
- Aydın
- Aydoğdu
- Bahçelievler
- Boğalı
- Büyükçaylı
- Büyükyenice
- Büyükyıldız
- Ceylan
- Cumhuriyet
- Damlacık
- Dikili
- Düzova
- Ensar
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet
- Gellegöç
- Gültepe
- Gümüş
- Han
- Işıklar
- Maden
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy
- Mevlana
- Muratlı
- Özbek
- Saraççeşme
- Selahaddin Eyyübi
- Seydo Atilla
- Sufra
- Tekinler
- Turgut Özal
- Ulucami
- Yalçınkaya
- Yeniköy
- Yenişehir
- Yeşiltepe
- Yoncalı
- Yukarı Doruklu
- Yukarı Durmuş
- Yukarı Esence
- Yukarı Karataş
- Yukarı Taşlıdere
- Yüksektepe
Immigration
Evren Paşa neighborhood is populated by Uzbeks, who are Afghan refugees.[7]
Climate
Ceylanpınar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh). Summers are extremely hot with virtually no rain at all, winters tend to be cool but can become very cold due to northeasterly winds.[8]
| Climate data for Ceylanpınar (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
37.5 (99.5) |
41.1 (106.0) |
40.5 (104.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
1.9 (35.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.65 (1.76) |
40.79 (1.61) |
37.84 (1.49) |
33.92 (1.34) |
21.01 (0.83) |
1.67 (0.07) |
0.04 (0.00) |
0.19 (0.01) |
1.89 (0.07) |
19.71 (0.78) |
28.36 (1.12) |
39.21 (1.54) |
269.28 (10.60) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 42.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73.3 | 69.1 | 64.2 | 59.5 | 47.1 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 35.2 | 36.8 | 46.2 | 62.1 | 73.0 | 52.8 |
| Source: NOAA[9] | |||||||||||||
