Murgul

Murgul
Murgul
	Murgul
	Coordinates: 41°16′32″N 41°33′59″E / 41.27556°N 41.56639°ECoordinates: 41°16′32″N 41°33′59″E / 41.27556°N 41.56639°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Artvin
Government
• Mayor	Hasan Çavuş (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Faik Oktay Sözer
Area
• District	335.93 km2 (129.70 sq mi)
Elevation	473 m (1,552 ft)
Population (2012)
• Urban	3,051
• District	6,395
• District density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Post code	088xx
Climate	Cfb

Murgul (Laz and Georgian: მურღული/Murghuli) is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.

Previously known as Damar and Göktaş Murgul is on a tributary of the Çoruh River, with mountains on all sides.

Half of the land is mountain forest and most of the other half is meadow, only 5% is planted. There are various mining and mineral operations especially copper (Murgul has Turkey's largest copper reserve) and also iron and nitrates. Murgul itself is a small town of 3,525 people.

Climate[]

Murgul has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).

hideClimate data for Murgul
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.2 (37.8)	4.1 (39.4)	6.6 (43.9)	10.9 (51.6)	14.6 (58.3)	17.9 (64.2)	20.7 (69.3)	20.9 (69.6)	18.1 (64.6)	14.0 (57.2)	9.6 (49.3)	5.4 (41.7)	12.2 (54.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	139 (5.5)	111 (4.4)	92 (3.6)	82 (3.2)	74 (2.9)	102 (4.0)	84 (3.3)	105 (4.1)	132 (5.2)	163 (6.4)	157 (6.2)	173 (6.8)	1,414 (55.6)
Source: Climate-Data-org^[3]

Villages[]

Murgul in 1960's

References[]

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
^ "Climate: Murgul". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

External links[]

Governor's Office
the Municipality
local information^{[permanent dead link]} (in Turkish)

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

[Climate-Data.org-3] "Climate: Murgul". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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