Kırşehir Province

Kırşehir Province Kırşehir ili
Province
Kentpark in Kırşehir
Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Kırşehir
Government
• Governor	Hüdayar Mete Buhara
Area	6,584 km^2 (2,542 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	244,519
• Density	37/km^2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0386
Website	www.kirsehir.gov.tr

Kırşehir Province (Turkish: Kırşehir ili) is a province in central Turkey, forming part of the Central Anatolia Region. Its area is 6,584 km²,^[2] and its population is 244,519 (2022).^[1] It stands on the North Anatolian Fault, and is currently in an earthquake warning zone. The average elevation is approximately 985 meters above sea level. The provincial capital is Kırşehir. The geographical centre of all land surfaces on Earth is at 39°00′N 34°00′E, in Kırşehir Province, Turkey.^[3]

Kırşehir Province was originally established in 1924. On 30 June 1954, the province of Kırşehir was demoted from a province to parts of other provinces of ^{[citation needed]} Nevşehir Province,Ankara Province and Yozgat Province the ruling Democrat Party government of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, because the majority of the city's residents had voted for the Republican Nation Party led by opposition politician Osman Bölükbaşı in the 1954 Turkish general election on 2 May 1954. Three years later, on 1 July 1957, Kırşehir Province was re-established.

The provincial center Kırşehir is the 69th largest city by population in Turkey; its surface area corresponds to 0.84% of Turkey's land area, which makes it the 53rd largest city in the country by land area.^[4]

Districts

Districts of Kırşehir Province

Kırşehir province is divided into 7 districts (the capital district is in bold):

• Akçakent
• Akpınar
• Boztepe
• Çiçekdağı
• Kaman
• Kırşehir
• Mucur

Places of Interest

• Üçayak Byzantine Church
• Kilise Kalıntıları, "Church ruins" in Demirli, Kaman.

Gallery

• 
  View of Lake Çoğun
• 
  Türbe of Yunus Emre in Ulupınar
• 
  The fields of Boztepe in Kırşehir Province
• 
  The ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church
• 
  The remains of a church in Demirli, Kaman.

See also

• List of populated places in Kırşehir Province

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
3. Woods, Andrew J. (1973). The Center of the Earth. I.C.R. Technical Monographs. Vol. 3. London: I.C.R.
4. GLHN (2022-07-23). "Kırşehir". Ansiklopedika Viki (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-09-18.

External links

Media related to Kırşehir Province at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Turkish) Kırşehir governor's official website
• (in Turkish) Kırşehir municipality's official website
• (in English) Kırşehir weather forecast information
• Kırşehir tourist information
• Kırşehir information web pages
• Kırşehir Haber

39°19′26″N 34°07′45″E