Ceyhan () is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey.[ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.] Its area is 1,426 km2,
Climate
Ceyhan has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen:
Csa)
with very hot, muggy summers with low precipitation, and mild, rainy winters.
Economy
Ceyhan's marine transport terminal is the Mediterranean terminus of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (the "BTC") which brings
petroleum 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 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 but this was closed in 2024 due to a payment dispute.
Transport
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is the closest airport to Ceyhan 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
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The Caravanserai of Kurtkulağı - built in 1659 by Hüseyin Paşa, architect Mehmed Ağa.
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or Dumlukale - another castle.
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Sirkeli Höyük - built to commemorate a battle here between Hittites emperor Muvattali and the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses.
Composition
There are 112
mahalle in Ceyhan District:
[ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.]
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Adapınar
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Adatepe
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Ağaçlı
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Ağaçpınar
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Akdam
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Altıgözbekirli
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Altıkara
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Altıocak
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Atatürk
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Aydınlar
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Aytemuroğlu
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Azizli
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Başören
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Belediye Evleri
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Birkent
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Bota
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Burhaniye
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Burhanlı
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Büyükburhaniye
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Büyükkırım
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Büyükmangıt
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Çakaldere
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Camuzağılı
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Çataklı
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Çatalhüyük
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Çevretepe
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Ceyhanbekirli
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Çiçekli
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Çiftlikler
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Civantayak
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Çokçapınar
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Cumhuriyet
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Dağıstan
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Değirmendere
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Değirmenli
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Dikilitaş
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Dokuztekne
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Doruk
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Durhasandede
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Dutlupınar
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Ekinyazı
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Elmagölü
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Emek
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Erenler
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Esentepe
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Fatih Sultan Mehmet
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Gazi Osman Paşa
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Gümürdülü
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Gündoğan
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Günlüce
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Hamdilli
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Hamidiye
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Hamitbey
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Hamitbeybucağı
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Hürriyet
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İmran
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İnceyer
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İnönü
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Irmaklı
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İsalı
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Isırganlı
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İstiklal
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Karakayalı
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Kelemeti
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Kılıçkaya
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Kıvrıklı
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Kızıldere
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Konakoğlu
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Köprülü
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Körkuyu
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Koruklu
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Kösreli
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Küçükburhaniye
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Küçükkırım
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Küçükmangıt
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Kurtkulağı
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Kurtpınar
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Kuzucak
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Mercimek
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Mercin
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Mithatpaşa
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Modernevler
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Muradiye
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Mustafabeyli
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Namık Kemal
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Narlık
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Nazımbey Yeniköy
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Sağırlar
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Sağkaya
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Şahin Özbilen
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Sarıbahçe
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Sarımazı
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Sarısakal
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Şehit Hacı Ibrahim
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Selimiye
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Sirkeli
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Soğukpınar
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Soysallı
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Tatarlı
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Tatlıkuyu
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Toktamış
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Tumlu
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Üçdutyeşilova
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Ulus
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Veysiye
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Yalak
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Yarsuat
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Yellibel
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Yeşilbahçe
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Yeşildam
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Yılankale
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Zübeyde Hanım
International relations
Ceyhan is twinned with:
See also
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Çukurova
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Cilicia War
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Timeline of the Turkish War of Independence
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Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline
Footnotes
