Ceyhan
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District and municipality
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Map showing Ceyhan District in Adana Province
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  Ceyhan Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°01′44″N 35°48′45″E / 37.02889°N 35.81250°E / 37.02889; 35.81250 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Adana |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hülya Erdem (CHP) |
| Area | 1,426 km2 (551 sq mi) |
| Population
(2022)[1]
| 158,922 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code |
01960
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| Area code | 0322 |
| Website | www |
Ceyhan (pronounced [ˈdʒejhan]) is a municipality and districtofAdana Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,426 km2,[3] and its population is 158,922 (2022).[1] It is the most populous district of the province, outside the city of Adana. Ceyhan is the transportation hub for Middle Eastern and Central Asian oil and natural gas. The city is situated on the Ceyhan River that flows through Çukurova plain. The Ceyhan River is dammed at Aslantas to provide flood control and irrigation for the lower river basin around Ceyhan.
Ceyhan has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa)[4] with very hot, muggy summers with low precipitation, and mild, rainy winters.
| Climate data for Ceyhan (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
32.7 (90.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
5.1 (41.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 103.17 (4.06) |
101.96 (4.01) |
83.48 (3.29) |
65.46 (2.58) |
51.27 (2.02) |
22.46 (0.88) |
8.41 (0.33) |
4.19 (0.16) |
26.81 (1.06) |
42.2 (1.66) |
78.64 (3.10) |
133.84 (5.27) |
721.89 (28.42) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 62.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67.3 | 65.5 | 65.1 | 65.8 | 64.1 | 63.5 | 66.2 | 67.0 | 63.0 | 59.2 | 60.3 | 68.7 | 64.6 |
| Source: NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
Ceyhan's marine transport terminal is the Mediterranean terminus of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (the "BTC") which brings crude oil from the landlocked Caspian Sea across Azerbaijan and Georgia, and entering Turkey in the northeast. The pipeline was completed in May 2005. The terminal contains seven storage tanks, a jetty capable of loading two tankers of up to 300,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT) simultaneously, metering facilities, a waste water treatment plant and vapor incineration ("burn-off") facilities.
Ceyhan Terminal is also the destination of Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline.
Ceyhan is the second most developed and populated district of Adana Province after the center of Adana. The river runs through the district.
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is the closest airport to Ceyhan 60 km (37 mi) west of the city. There are domestic and international flights to numerous destinations from the airport. There was a plane crash here in 1999. A Saudi bound plane carrying Hajj pilgrims crashed a few minutes after take off. There were many deaths.
Ceyhan railway station was opened in 1912 as part of the Berlin–Baghdad railway. The station is currently served by two regional lines and one long-distance line. Regional lines run from Mersintoİskenderun and Mersin to İslahiye; long-distance line runs from AdanatoElazığ. There are three services daily to Adana Central Station to connect to the western destinations; Mersin, Ankara, Karaman and Kayseri.
There are 112 neighbourhoods in Ceyhan District:[6]
Ceyhan is twinned with:
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