Ceyhan (pronounced [ˈdʒejhan]) is a city and a district in the Adana Province, in southern Turkey, 43 km (27 mi) east of Adana. With a population of over 157,000, it is the largest 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
District
Ceyhan
Location of Ceyhan within Turkey.
Ceyhan Location of Ceyhan
Coordinates: 37°01′44″N 35°48′45″E
Country	Turkey
Region	Mediterranean
Province	Adana
Government
• Mayor	Kadir Aydar
Area [1]
• District	1,444.36 km2 (557.67 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Urban	107,891
• District	158,767
• District density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	01x xx
Licence plate	01
Website	http://www.ceyhan.bel.tr

Economy

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.

Set to become a crossroad in the near future, Ceyhan's significance in political terms is also expected to rise considerably, as stressed during an early 2006 symposium organized by the municipality.[3]

Contemporary Life

Ceyhan is the second most developed and populated district of Adana Province after the center of Adana. The river runs through the district.

Transport

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 Mersin to İskenderun and Mersin to İslahiye; long-distance line runs from Adana to Elazığ. There are three services daily to Adana Central Station to connect to the western destinations; Mersin, Ankara, Karaman and Kayseri.

Places of interest

• The Caravanserai of Kurtkulağı - built in 1659 by Hüseyin Paşa, architect Mehmed Ağa.
• Tumlu Kale or Dumlukale - another castle.
• Sirkeli Höyük - built to commemorate a battle here between Hittite emperor Muvattali and the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Ceyhan is twinned with:

• Sumgait, Azerbaijan[4][5]

See also

• Çukurova
• Cilicia War
• Chronology of the Turkish War of Independence
• Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline

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Footnotes

На других языках

[de] Ceyhan

[ru] Джейхан