Ceyhan | |
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Ceety | |
![]() Ceyhan | |
![]() Location o Ceyhan athin Turkey. | |
Coordinates: 37°2′N 35°49′E / 37.033°N 35.817°E | |
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Region | Mediterranean |
Province | Adana |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Hüseyin Sözlü (MHP) |
Population (2010) | |
• Urban | 105,879 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 01x xx |
Licence plate | 01 |
Website | http://www.ceyhan.bel.tr |
Ceyhan (pronounced [dʒeːˈhan]) is a ceety in sootheast Turkey an wi 105,000 (2010) indwallers (150,000 in the metropolitan aurie) it is the seicont lairgest ceety o Adana Province efter the caipital Adana. Ceyhan is the transportation hub for Middle Eastren, Central Asie an Roushie ile an naitural gas. It is situatit on the Ceyhan River, frae which it takes its name, in central Çukurova, 43 km (27 mi) east o Adana. The Ceyhan River is dammed at Aslantas tae provide fluid control an irrigation for the lawer river basin aroond Ceyhan.
Ceyhan's marine transport terminal is the Mediterranean terminus o the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (the "BTC") which brings crude ile frae the landlockit Caspian Sea athort Azerbaijan an Georgie, an enterin Turkey in the northeast. The pipeline wis completit in Mey 2005. The terminal contains seiven storage tanks, a jetty capable o loadin twa tankers o up tae 300,000 t DWT DWT uses unsupportit parameter (help) simultaneously, meterin facilities, a waste watter treatment plant an vapor incineration ("burn-aff") facilities.
Ceyhan Terminal is an aw the destination o Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline an planned Samsun-Ceyhan bi-pass pipeline. In futur Ceyhan will be an aw a naitural gas hub for a planned pipeline constructit parallel tae the Kirkuk-Ceyhan ile pipeline, an for a planned extension o the Blue Stream Gas Pipeline tae frae Samsun tae Ceyhan.
Set tae acome a crossroad in the near futur, Ceyhan's significance in poleetical terms is an aw expectit tae rise considerably, as stressed durin an early 2006 symposium organized bi the municipality.[1]
Ceyhan is the seicont maist developit an populatit ceety o Adana Province efter Adana. Lik iverywhaur else on this coast it is roastin het in simmer. Thare are a number o restaurants servin the legendary Adana kebab. The river runs throu the ceety center.