Yozgat
| Yozgat | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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A panoramic view of the city center | ||
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  Yozgat Location in Turkey | ||
| Coordinates: TR 39°49′15″N 34°48′30″E / 39.82083°N 34.80833°ECoordinates: TR 39°49′15″N 34°48′30″E / 39.82083°N 34.80833°E | ||
| Country | Turkey | |
| Province | Yozgat | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Kazım ARSLAN | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • District | 2,054.30 km2 (793.17 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)[2] | ||
| • Urban | 78,328 | |
| • District | 97,094 | |
| • District density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) | |
| Website |
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Yozgat is a city and the capital district of Yozgat province in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. According to 2009 census, population of the district is 645,266 of which 75,853 live in the city of Yozgat.[3]
History
After the old administrative center of the region, Tavium (Büyüknefes), became ruined, a new centre was created by Çapanoğlu, the founder of a powerful derebey family and called Bozok.[4]
The Ottoman Empire annexed Yozgat in 1398. At around 1911, it was the chief town of a sanjak of the same name in the Ankara Vilayet. There was a trade in yellow madder (Stil de grain yellow) and mohair. The sanjak was very fertile, and contained good breeding-grounds in which cattle, horses and even camels were reared for the local agriculture and foreign trade.
Cuisine
The most notable dishes of the region are Testi Kebabı (Cruse Kebab) and Arabaşı Çorbası (Arabaşı Soup).
Geography
The town is located at an elevation of 4,380 ft (1,335 m), situated 105 mi (170 km) east of Ankara, near the head of a narrow valley through which the Ankara–Sivas road runs. Like much of the Anatolian Plateau, the lands around Yozgat have been deforested over thousands of years of human habitation. This makes the climate and weather harsh, in summers and winters. However, Turkey has taken great steps to reforest at least some of the region.
Climate
Yozgat has a warm dry-summer continental climate (Köppen Climate Classification: Dsb) with cold and snowy winters due to its inland location and warm and dry summers. Hottest month averages at 26 °C (78.8 °F) during the day. Winter temperatures can drop as low as −20 °C (−4.0 °F) at the height of the season.
| Climate data for Yozgat (1960-2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.2 (36) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.1 (79) |
26.3 (79.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
14.63 (58.33) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
0.5 (32.9) |
9.03 (48.24) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.2 (45) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
4 (39.19) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69.0 (2.717) |
64.5 (2.539) |
64.5 (2.539) |
67.0 (2.638) |
62.7 (2.469) |
41.7 (1.642) |
13.3 (0.524) |
8.9 (0.35) |
18.1 (0.713) |
38.5 (1.516) |
60.1 (2.366) |
81.1 (3.193) |
589.4 (23.206) |
| Average rainy days | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 120.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93 | 112 | 164.3 | 192 | 254.2 | 303 | 344.1 | 337.9 | 270 | 204.6 | 138 | 93 | 2,506.1 |
| Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü | |||||||||||||
Sights
The main sights of the city of Yozgat are the Yozgat Clock Tower built in 1908 and the Çapanoğlu Mosque built by the Çapanoğlu family, who are the founders of Yozgat. Yozgat Pine Grove National Park is an area of 264 ha (2.64 km2) in which different types of pine trees grow, some up to 500 years old.
Sports
The city has one professional football teams competing in the top-flight of Turkish football: Yimpaş Yozgatspor, both playing in the Turkish Regional Amateur League.
Notable natives
- Agah Efendi (1832–1885), journalist, publisher of the first Turkish newspaper
- Nasuh Akar (1925–1984), Olympic gold medalist wrestler
- Celal Atik (1918–1979), Olympic gold medalist wrestler
- Bekir Bozdağ (1965), Deputy prime minister
- Cemil Çiçek (1946), Speaker of Turkish Grand National Assembly
- Aylin Daşdelen (1982), European champion female weightlifter
- Mevlüt Erdinç (1987), footballer
- John Ilhan (1965–2007), Turkish-Australian businessman
- Lütfullah Kayalar (1952), former Minister of Finance
- Soner Özbilen (1947), folk singer
- Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha (1693–1694), Ottoman Grand Vizier
- Yusuf Izzet Pasha (1876–1922), Ottoman and Turkish general
- Mehmet Topuz (1983), footballer
- Mehmet Nidâ Tüfekçi (1929–1993), folk singer
- Mehmet Yıldız (1981), footballer
- Mert Ayguner
References
- ↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ↑ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ↑ "Turkey". GeoHive. Johan van der Heyden. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ↑
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Yuzgat". Encyclopædia Britannica 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.
- Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Yozgat, Turkey". Retrieved 2008-03-19.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yozgat. |
- District governor's official website (Turkish)
