Kangal
Municipality in Sivas, Turkey
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Kangal is a town in Sivas Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Kangal District.[2] Its population is 8,948 (2022).[1] The current mayor is Ahmet Kürşad Apaydın from the Great Unity Party (BBP).[3]
Kangal | |
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Kangal city center | |
  Kangal Location in Turkey  Kangal Kangal (Turkey Central Anatolia) | |
| Coordinates: 39°14′12″N 37°23′19″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Sivas |
| District | Kangal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ahmet Kürşad Apaydın (BBP) |
| Elevation | 1,540 m (5,050 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 8,948 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 58900 |
| Area code | 0346 |
| Website | www |
History
Kangal was known in the time of emperor Diocletian under the name Euspena and later during the Byzantine Empire as Spynin. The Byzantine general Eustathios Argyros was buried here in the monastery of St Elizabeth which had been constructed by his grandfather Leon. The town, known in Ottoman times as Qangal, had an Armenian church until the first massacres against the Armenians in 1895.[4]
Demographics
Climate
Kangal has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen: Dsb).[6] Winters are very cold, and summers are dry, with hot days and cold nights.
| Climate data for Kangal (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.6 (21.9) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 33.13 (1.30) |
32.52 (1.28) |
40.78 (1.61) |
55.1 (2.17) |
58.42 (2.30) |
34.62 (1.36) |
10.92 (0.43) |
6.82 (0.27) |
15.13 (0.60) |
32.75 (1.29) |
29.89 (1.18) |
36.03 (1.42) |
386.11 (15.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.3 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 67.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81.2 | 80.0 | 73.7 | 66.5 | 66.9 | 62.0 | 55.0 | 53.8 | 56.2 | 66.3 | 74.4 | 81.2 | 68.1 |
| Source: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Hüseyin Alp (1935–1983) basketball player and actor
See also
- Kangal dog
- Deliktaş Tunnel, Turkey's longest railway tunnel
