Ceylanpınar is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,589 km2, and its population is 90,440 (2022). On the border with Syria, it is reached by a long straight road D.905 across the plain south from Viranşehir. It forms a divided city with Ra's al-'Ayn in Syria and there is a border crossing.
Composition
There are 52 neighbourhoods in Ceylanpınar District:6
- 15 Temmuz
- Adnan Menderes
- Akbulut
- Aktepe
- Alaca
- Altınköy
- Aşağıdoruklu
- Aşağıdurmuş
- Aşağıkarataş
- Avcılı
- Aydın
- Aydoğdu
- Bahçelievler
- Boğalı
- Büyükçaylı
- Büyükyenice
- Büyükyıldız
- Ceylan
- Cumhuriyet
- Damlacık
- Dikili
- Düzova
- Ensar
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet
- Gellegöç
- Gültepe
- Gümüş
- Han
- Işıklar
- Maden
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy
- Mevlana
- Muratlı
- Özbek
- Saraççeşme
- Selahaddin Eyyübi
- Seydo Atilla
- Sufra
- Tekinler
- Turgut Özal
- Ulucami
- Yalçınkaya
- Yeniköy
- Yenişehir
- Yeşiltepe
- Yoncalı
- Yukarı Doruklu
- Yukarı Durmuş
- Yukarı Esence
- Yukarı Karataş
- Yukarı Taşlıdere
- Yüksektepe
Immigration
Evren Paşa neighborhood is populated by Uzbeks, who are Afghan refugees.7
Climate
Ceylanpınar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh). Summers are extremely hot with virtually no rain at all, winters tend to be cool but can become very cold due to northeasterly winds.8
| Climate data for Ceylanpınar (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.5(52.7) | 13.8(56.8) | 18.7(65.7) | 24.3(75.7) | 31.0(87.8) | 37.5(99.5) | 41.1(106.0) | 40.5(104.9) | 36.1(97.0) | 29.3(84.7) | 20.2(68.4) | 13.4(56.1) | 26.5(79.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6(42.1) | 7.4(45.3) | 11.5(52.7) | 16.6(61.9) | 22.7(72.9) | 29.0(84.2) | 32.2(90.0) | 31.2(88.2) | 26.6(79.9) | 20.2(68.4) | 12.4(54.3) | 7.2(45.0) | 18.6(65.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9(33.6) | 1.9(35.4) | 4.9(40.8) | 9.0(48.2) | 14.0(57.2) | 19.1(66.4) | 22.2(72.0) | 21.2(70.2) | 16.8(62.2) | 11.9(53.4) | 5.8(42.4) | 2.3(36.1) | 10.9(51.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.65(1.76) | 40.79(1.61) | 37.84(1.49) | 33.92(1.34) | 21.01(0.83) | 1.67(0.07) | 0.04(0.00) | 0.19(0.01) | 1.89(0.07) | 19.71(0.78) | 28.36(1.12) | 39.21(1.54) | 269.28(10.60) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 42.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73.3 | 69.1 | 64.2 | 59.5 | 47.1 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 35.2 | 36.8 | 46.2 | 62.1 | 73.0 | 52.8 |
| Source: NOAA9 | |||||||||||||
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Urfa'daki Özbek Türkleri Nevruz'u kutladı http://www.urfanatik.com/ceylanpinar/urfa-daki-ozbek-turkleri-nevruz-u-kutladi-h50521.html ↩
Climate Summary http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=172751&cityname=Ceylanpinar%2C+H%27ims%2C+Syria&units= ↩
"World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Ceylanpınar". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 14, 2024. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/CeylanpinarTigem_17968.csv ↩