Karabük
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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = municipality
| name = Karabük
| other_name =
| image_skyline = Karabük_view_8028.jpg
| image_caption =
| image_shield =
| coordinates = {{coord|41|11|55|N|32|37|35|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province = Karabük
| district = Karabük
| leader_party = AKP
| leader_name = Özkan Çetinkaya
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_m = 301
| population_total = 125403
| population_as_of = 2022
| postal_code = 78000
| area_code = 0370
| website = {{url|http://www.karabuk.bel.tr/}}
| blank1_name = Climate
| blank1_info = Cfa
}}
Karabük is a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karabük Province and Karabük District.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İl Belediyesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306001414/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2023-03-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 125,403 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=13 March 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} The town lies at an elevation of {{convert|301|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/89/Karabuk.html|title=Geographical information on Karabük, Turkey|access-date=11 April 2023|author=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc}}
Karabük was built in the 1930s as the seat of the iron and steel industry of Turkey, and thus is prone to the hazardous effects of air pollution.[http://aqicn.org/city/turkey/karabuk/toren-alani/ aqicn.org] 25 February 2020 Karabük lies in a location near Filyos River formed by the merge of Araç and Soğanlı rivers.
Name
There are no known records of the origin of its name; in Turkish kara means "black" and bük means "bush" or "blackberry bush" ("bramble"). So Karabük means "blackbush".
History
Karabük is situated on an important trade route between Amasra on the coast and central Anatolia. The history of the city goes back to the early years of the Turkish Republic, when it was a small sub-village formed by 13 houses in the Öğlebeli village of Safranbolu. There was also a small train station on the Ankara–Zonguldak route. The town started to develop with the industrialization of the country. One of the first steel factories of the Republic was built here in 1939, after which it grew rapidly and incorporated Öğlebeli village as a quarter. Karabük became a municipality and then a township in the Safranbolu district in 1941. It became a district center in 1953 and a provincial center in 1995.
Hadrianapolis (now Eskipazar), is an ancient city from the Roman Empire of the 4th century, located about 30km (68km by road) from Karabük. There are many fountains, churches, and Roman baths. Although most of it is recently excavated, illegal excavations which have been going on for many years and have damaged Eskipazar's chances of becoming a major tourist attraction.{{cite web|url=http://www.karabukum.net/eskipazar_hadrianapolis.asp|title=The Antique City of Hadrianapolis (Turkish)|access-date=2011-03-11|author=Ramazan Uyumaz|archive-date=2011-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727205618/http://www.karabukum.net/eskipazar_hadrianapolis.asp|url-status=dead}}
Climate
Karabük has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) or a relatively warm oceanic climate (Trewartha: Do) with hot, humid summers and chilly, wet winters.
{{Weather box
|metric first= Yes
|single line= Yes
|location= Karabük (1991–2020, extremes 1965–2023)
| Jan record high C = 20.1
| Feb record high C = 23.5
| Mar record high C = 29.7
| Apr record high C = 32.4
| May record high C = 37.0
| Jun record high C = 37.6
| Jul record high C = 41.4
| Aug record high C = 43.7
| Sep record high C = 40.9
| Oct record high C = 33.3
| Nov record high C = 26.9
| Dec record high C = 21.4
| year record high C = 43.7
| Jan high C = 7.9
| Feb high C = 11.6
| Mar high C = 14.8
| Apr high C = 20.2
| May high C = 24.4
| Jun high C = 27.8
| Jul high C = 31.3
| Aug high C = 32.7
| Sep high C = 28.4
| Oct high C = 21.7
| Nov high C = 15.3
| Dec high C = 9.5
| year high C =
| Jan mean C = 2.8
| Feb mean C = 5.4
| Mar mean C = 7.8
| Apr mean C = 12.1
| May mean C = 16.6
| Jun mean C = 20.2
| Jul mean C = 23.1
| Aug mean C = 24.0
| Sep mean C = 19.7
| Oct mean C = 14.3
| Nov mean C = 8.6
| Dec mean C = 4.5
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = -0.5
| Feb low C = 1.2
| Mar low C = 2.8
| Apr low C = 5.8
| May low C = 10.6
| Jun low C = 14.5
| Jul low C = 16.1
| Aug low C = 16.9
| Sep low C = 13.2
| Oct low C = 9.2
| Nov low C = 4.4
| Dec low C = 2.7
| year low C =
| Jan record low C = -11.5
| Feb record low C = -11.8
| Mar record low C = -7.5
| Apr record low C = -2.1
| May record low C = 0.5
| Jun record low C = 0.7
| Jul record low C = 10.4
| Aug record low C = 10.8
| Sep record low C = 4.5
| Oct record low C = 0.1
| Nov record low C = -5.4
| Dec record low C = -10.9
| year record low C = -11.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 47.9
| Feb precipitation mm = 37.7
| Mar precipitation mm = 45.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 45.4
| May precipitation mm = 56.6
| Jun precipitation mm = 81.9
| Jul precipitation mm = 31.8
| Aug precipitation mm = 30.7
| Sep precipitation mm = 27.0
| Oct precipitation mm = 44.0
| Nov precipitation mm = 43.7
| Dec precipitation mm = 57.0
| year precipitation mm =
| Jan precipitation days = 13.1
| Feb precipitation days = 11.3
| Mar precipitation days = 12.8
| Apr precipitation days = 12.5
| May precipitation days = 13.4
| Jun precipitation days = 13.7
| Jul precipitation days = 5.3
| Aug precipitation days = 4.7
| Sep precipitation days = 6.7
| Oct precipitation days = 9.4
| Nov precipitation days = 9.8
| Dec precipitation days = 12.8
| year precipitation days =
| Jan sun = 74.4
| Feb sun = 101.7
| Mar sun = 120.9
| Apr sun = 192.0
| May sun = 210.8
| Jun sun = 219.0
| Jul sun = 300.7
| Aug sun = 269.7
| Sep sun = 219.0
| Oct sun = 164.3
| Nov sun = 132.0
| Dec sun = 83.7
| year sun =
| Jand sun = 2.4
| Febd sun = 3.6
| Mard sun = 3.9
| Aprd sun = 6.4
| Mayd sun = 6.8
| Jund sun = 7.3
| Juld sun = 9.7
| Augd sun = 8.7
| Sepd sun = 7.3
| Octd sun = 5.3
| Novd sun = 4.4
| Decd sun = 2.7
| yeard sun =
|source 1 = Turkish State Meteorological Service{{cite web
| url = https://www.mgm.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?k=H&m=KARABUK
| title = Resmi İstatistikler: İllerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991–2020)
| publisher = Turkish State Meteorological Service
| language = tr
| access-date = 6 July 2021}}
|date= October 2016
}}
Economy
Karabük has its own resources of dolomite and limestone, while coal and manganese is brought from Zonguldak and iron ore from Divriği. This allows a varied, yet basic industry in Karabük, including a coking plant, blast furnaces, a foundry and tube works. There are also chemical plants that produce sulfuric acid and phosphates. Nearby are the Zonguldak coal fields.
One of the major steel producers in Turkey, namely Kardemir (Karabük Iron and Steel Works), is located in Karabük.
Gallery
File:Karabük at station 8006.jpg|Karabük station
File:Karabük_at_station_8007.jpg|Karabük station
File:Karabük general view 8041.jpg|Karabük general view
File:Karabük general view 8044.jpg|Karabük general view
File:Karabük otogar 8318.jpg|Karabük otogar
File:Kaymakamlar Museum - 2014.10 - panoramio.jpg|Kaymakamlar Museum
File:Karabük labourers monument 7994.jpg|Karabük labourers monument
File:Karabük Atatürk monument 8320.jpg|Karabük Atatürk monument
File:Karabük at railroad 7992.jpg|Karabük at railroad
File:Karabük view 8033.jpg|Karabük view
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101230160822/http://www.karabukguncel.com/ Karabük Haber Sitesi] {{in lang|tr}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150523022145/http://www.karabukhaberim.com/ Karabük Internet Magazine]}} {{in lang|tr}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070206030049/http://www.kardemir.com/english/index.html Kardemir official web site] {{in lang|en}}
- [http://www.karabuk.edu.tr University Of Karabük] {{in lang|tr}}
- [http://www.karabuk.bel.tr/ Karabük Municipality] {{in lang|tr}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150208053718/http://www.karabuk.edu.tr/EN/ University Of Karabük] {{in lang|tr}}
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