Laçin is a town in
Çorum Province
Çorum ( tr, ) is a province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey, but lying inland and having more characteristics of Central Anatolia than the Black Sea coast. Its provincial capital is the city of Çorum, the traffic code is 19.
History
Excav ...
in the
Black Sea
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region of
Turkey
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. It is located at 29 km from the city of
Çorum
Çorum () (Medieval Greek: Ευχάνεια, romanized: Euchaneia) is a northern Anatolian city that is the capital of the Çorum Province of Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey, and is approximately from ...
. It is the seat of
Laçin District.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 1,291 (2022).
The mayor is İdris Görükmez (
AKP).
Geography
The climate has features of both the dry
Central Anatolian plain and the
Black Sea
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coast; winters are cold, summers are hot and dry, with most rainfall in spring. The district is partially mountainous and wooded. Being so close to the city of Çorum the district has little economic strength of its own; people live on growing grains, chickpeas and other crops.
The town of Laçin provides the district with high schools, a hospital and other basic amenities.
See also
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Kapilikaya Rock Tomb
The Kapilikaya Rock Tomb is located between Laçin and Kırkdilim, 27 km north of Çorum, Turkey, on a rocky, steep and rough land formed by rift valleys cracked by river, on the north- west corner of a rock which extends to the north. A st ...
References
Populated places in Çorum Province
Laçin District
District municipalities in Turkey
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