Kırıkkale Province

Flag of Turkey.svg Kırıkkale Province
Location of Kırıkkale Province in Turkey
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Overview
Region: Central Anatolia Region, Turkey
Area: 4,365 km2 (1,685 sq mi)
Total Population 389,843 TurkStat 2007 (est)
Licence plate code: 71
Area code: 0318
Governor Website http://www.kirikkale.gov.tr

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.

Kırıkkale is a rapidly growing town in central Turkey, on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kızılırmak 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.

Districts

Kırıkkale province is divided into 9 districts (capital district in bold):

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