:Osmancık

Located on an important crossing of the Kızılırmak River on the ancient Silk Road to the Orient, Osmancık has long had strategic value and is still today a popular stopping place on the road from Istanbul to the Black Sea city of Samsun and further east.

Today, Osmancık is known for its rice production, being especially suitable for a new strain of rice developed specifically for the region by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and named "Osmancık-97."

The North Anatolian Fault zone runs through the valley, making Osmancık highly vulnerable to earthquakes.

The town consists of 18 quarters: Gemici, Güney, Kızılırmak, Ulucami, Yazı, Yeni, Yeşilçatma, Şenyurt, Gürleyik, Temençe, Karapınar, Çiftlikler, Cumhuriyet, Çay, Esentepe, Eymir, Hıdırlık, and Koyunbaba.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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| location = Osmancık (1991–2020)

| Jan high C = 6.0

| Feb high C = 9.4

| Mar high C = 14.8

| Apr high C = 20.4

| May high C = 25.3

| Jun high C = 29.1

| Jul high C = 32.5

| Aug high C = 32.9

| Sep high C = 28.7

| Oct high C = 22.3

| Nov high C = 13.7

| Dec high C = 7.5

| year high C = 20.3

| Jan mean C = 1.8

| Feb mean C = 3.9

| Mar mean C = 8.3

| Apr mean C = 13.4

| May mean C = 18.2

| Jun mean C = 22.1

| Jul mean C = 25.2

| Aug mean C = 25.3

| Sep mean C = 20.9

| Oct mean C = 15.1

| Nov mean C = 7.5

| Dec mean C = 3.4

| year mean C = 13.8

| Jan low C = -1.4

| Feb low C = -0.4

| Mar low C = 2.9

| Apr low C = 7.3

| May low C = 12.0

| Jun low C = 15.8

| Jul low C = 18.3

| Aug low C = 18.3

| Sep low C = 14.0

| Oct low C = 9.3

| Nov low C = 2.8

| Dec low C = 0.3

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| Feb precipitation mm = 27.48

| Mar precipitation mm = 40.95

| Apr precipitation mm = 42.17

| May precipitation mm = 52.62

| Jun precipitation mm = 65.95

| Jul precipitation mm = 17.28

| Aug precipitation mm = 23.07

| Sep precipitation mm = 23.98

| Oct precipitation mm = 28.27

| Nov precipitation mm = 27.83

| Dec precipitation mm = 43.71

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| Jan precipitation days = 6.6

| Feb precipitation days = 5.2

| Mar precipitation days = 6.9

| Apr precipitation days = 7.1

| May precipitation days = 8.4

| Jun precipitation days = 7.2

| Jul precipitation days = 2.9

| Aug precipitation days = 3.4

| Sep precipitation days = 3.1

| Oct precipitation days = 4.8

| Nov precipitation days = 4.3

| Dec precipitation days = 6.6

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| Jan humidity = 78.2

| Feb humidity = 71.5

| Mar humidity = 64.2

| Apr humidity = 60.0

| May humidity = 60.4

| Jun humidity = 58.9

| Jul humidity = 52.3

| Aug humidity = 52.8

| Sep humidity = 57.4

| Oct humidity = 65.8

| Nov humidity = 74.0

| Dec humidity = 79.5

| year humidity = 64.4

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The area was settled by the Kayı clan of the Oghuz Turks as they migrated westward into Anatolia from their heartland of Central Asia. Osmancık was one of the important destinations in the Ottoman period. Because of several earthquakes, the city could not preserve its ancient architecture. In the last century, there have been four or five major earthquakes. Being on the path of the Kızılırmak River made the city an important settlement point since early history. Osmancık was known as Pimolisa during the Roman and Byzantine eras. From 1867 until 1922, Osmancık was part of the Angora vilayet.

File:Osmancık Koyunbaba Bridge - night.jpg

• Osmancıklı İmamzade Halil Pasha, 15th-century Ottoman statesman, in the court of Mehmed I
• Osmancıklı (Amasyalı) Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha, 15th-century Ottoman statesman
• Pakçemüezzin Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, 18th-century Ottoman statesman, rumored to have been a lover of Catherine I of Russia
• General Ahmet Çörekçi, Former Head Commander of Turkish Air Force
• Gürkan Coşkun a.k.a. "Komet" - Famous Turkish artist
• Bilal Kısa, Turkish former football player, played for Galatasaray SK and Fenerbahçe SK

• In the village of Ardıç, to the west of Osmancık, there is a road cut by the Ancient Romans through a rock named Çalınkaya
• Koyunbaba Bridge over the Kızılırmak, built in 1489
• The Seljuk Turk castle of Kandiber, in the town center
• İmaret Camii, an historical mosque, built by Selijuk Turks in the Güney Quarter
• The Ottoman period tomb of Sufi mystic Koyunbaba
• The Trojan war hero Achilles was said to have been finally buried on the hill of Adatepe

• [https://www.osmancik.bel.tr/ Municipality's official website]
• [http://www.osmancikgundem.com/ Osmancikgundem.com - City News Portal]
• [http://www.osmancikhaber.com.tr/ Osmancık Haber - Weekly Local Newspaper]
• [http://www.osmancik.com.tr/ Osmancık - Weekly Local Newspaper]

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Category:Populated places in Çorum Province

Category:Osmancık District

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