Kırıkkale Province
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 Kırıkkale Province |
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| Location of Kırıkkale Province in Turkey | |
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| Region: | Central Anatolia Region, Turkey |
| Area: | 4,365 (km²) |
| Total Population | 389,843 TUIK 2006 (est) |
| Licence plate code: | 71 |
| Area code: | 0318 |
| Governor Website | http://www.kirikkale.gov.tr |
| Weather forecast | turkeyforecast.com/weather/kirikkale |
Kırıkkale is a province of Turkey. It is located on the crossroads of major highways east of Ankara leading east to the Black Sea region. With its rapid population growth it has become an industrial center. The provincial capital is Kırıkkale. Town, central Turkey, on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kizil River. Formerly a village, it owes its rapid rise in population mainly to the establishment of steel mills in the 1950s. These works, among the largest in the country, specialize in high-quality alloy steel and machinery. In the 1960s chemical plants were added.Kırıkkale is a town that growing rapidly in Turkey
[edit] Districts
Kırıkkale province is divided into 9 districts (capital district in bold):
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