Çorum () is a
province in the
Black Sea Region of
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, but lying inland and having more characteristics of
Central Anatolia than the Black Sea coast. Its area is 12,428 km
2,
and its population is 524,130 (2022).
Its provincial capital is the city of
Çorum, the traffic code is 19.
History
Excavations reveal that Çorum area was inhabited during the Paleolithic, Neolithic period and the 4th stage of the Calcolithic Age. Remains of these periods have been found at Büyük Güllüce, Eskiyapar and Kuşsaray.
In later times Çorum and its environs were dominated by
Hittites
The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...
and in the district of
BoÄŸazkale is one of the most important Hittite sites in Anatolia, the UNESCO World Heritage listed
Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire from 1700 BC to 1200 BC. Other important Hittite sites include the open-air temples at
Yazılıkaya and
Alacahöyük; royal tombs; and the excavations of
Boğazköy including tablets proving tradings links between the Hittites and the
Ancient Egyptians.
Later civilizations such as the
Phrygians arrived here and who left remains at
Pazarlı, north of Çorum. Besides the Phrygians, the
Cimmerians,
Medes,
Persians,
Galatians,
Romans,
Byzantines,
Seljuk Turks,
Danishmends,
Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires, largest contiguous empire in human history, history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Euro ...
(
Ilkhanids),
Eretnids,
Kadi Burhan al-Din and finally the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
also arrived here. As well as the Hittite archaeology, the province also contains a number of castles, bridges and mosques dating from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods.
Geography
The province of Çorum is a mixture of mountains and high plateaus, some of it watered by the
Kızılırmak and
Yeşilırmak rivers. The province includes much attractive high meadow and mountain for walking and excursions from the city and towns.
Çorum is also known as a
Geographical centre of Earth. In 2003, a revised calculation by Holger Isenberg using the higher resolution ETOPO2 global digital elevation model (DEM) with data points every 2' (3.7 km near equator) led to a more precise result of 40°52′N 34°34′E in the region of Çorum, Turkey (180 km northeast of Ankara) and thereby validated Woods' calculation.
Districts
Çorum province is divided into 14
districts (capital district in bold):
*
Alaca
*
Bayat
*
BoÄŸazkale
*
Çorum
*
Dodurga
*
Ä°skilip
*
Kargı
*
Laçin
*
Mecitözü
*
OÄŸuzlar
*
Ortaköy
*
Osmancık
*
Sungurlu
*
UÄŸurludaÄŸ
Population
* The census data of 1831 is only the central city, villages and towns are not included.
* The boxes with (-) sign are the times the before the subprovince was a subprovince.
References
External links
*
Çorum governor's official website*
Çorum municipality's official website*
Çorum weather forecast information
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