Murgul ( Laz and Georgian: მურღული/Murghuli) is a town and district of

Artvin Province Artvin Province ( tr, ; ka, , ''Artvinis p’rovincia''; Laz: ართვინიშ დობადონა ''Artviniş dobadona'') is a province in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the northeastern corner of the country, on the border w ...

in the Black Sea region of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. Previously known as ''Damar'' and ''Göktaş'' Murgul is on a tributary of the

Çoruh River The Chorokh ( ka, ჭოროხი ''Ch'orokhi'', tr, Çoruh, hy, Չորոխ ''Ch’vorokh'', el, Άκαμψις, ''Akampsis'') is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İs ...

, with mountains on all sides. Half of the land is mountain forest and most of the other half is meadow, only 5% is planted. There are various mining and mineral operations especially copper (Murgul has Turkey's largest copper reserve) and also iron and nitrates. Murgul itself is a small town of 3,525 people.

Climate

Murgul has an oceanic climate (

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: ''Cfb'').

Villages

References

External links

Governor's Office

the Municipality

local information
Populated places in Artvin Province Districts of Artvin Province Murgul District {{Artvin-geo-stub