Bingöl
| Bingöl | |
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| — City — | |
 Bingöl
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| Coordinates: 38°53′5″N 40°29′47″E / 38.88472°N 40.49639°ECoordinates: 38°53′5″N 40°29′47″E / 38.88472°N 40.49639°E[1] | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Bingöl Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serdar Atalay (AKP) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2010) | 87,918 |
Bingöl (Zazaki: Çewlig, or Çolig) is a city in Eastern Turkey. It is also known as Çabakcur (Armenian: Ճապաղջուր), which means violent water in Armenian. It is surrounded by mountains and a large number of glacier lakes, hence the name (Turkish for: a thousand lakes). Lately, the town has become a popular tourist destination. According to 2009 estimates, it has a population of 87,918 .[2]
Bingöl is the capital of Bingöl Province, one of the 81 provinces of Turkey.
On May 1, 2003 the whole area suffered from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, leaving 177 dead and 520 injured. On 8 March 2010, the area suffered another earthquake, of magnitude 5.9, with its epicenter in Elâzığ Province, 45 km (28 mi) west of Bingöl.
[edit] Geography
Bingöl is 144 km east of Elâzığ and is situated in the high region of Eastern Anatolia. Bingöl is a mountainous area with heights reaching 10,000 feet. [3]
[edit] Climate
Bingöl has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsa), with hot and dry summers and cold and snowy winters. The driest months are July and August and the wettest are February and December.
| Climate data for Bingöl | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
38.0 (100.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
40.6 (105.1) |
37.8 (100.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
42 (107.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.7 (94.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
18.34 (65.02) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
6.36 (43.44) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−15 (5.0) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 124.8 (4.913) |
138.5 (5.453) |
129.6 (5.102) |
120.8 (4.756) |
75.2 (2.961) |
21.2 (0.835) |
7.4 (0.291) |
5.1 (0.201) |
11.1 (0.437) |
66.7 (2.626) |
111.9 (4.406) |
131.7 (5.185) |
944 (37.17) |
| Avg. rainy days | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 111.2 |
| Sunshine hours | 105.4 | 123.2 | 155 | 168 | 238.7 | 291 | 310 | 294.5 | 258 | 195.3 | 135 | 93 | 2,367.1 |
| Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [4] | |||||||||||||
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