Ceyhan

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Geography

Ceyhan is a city in the province of Adana in Turkey and has 105 879 inhabitants (as at end December 2010). Ceyhan is the capital city of the 1444 km ² large district. Through it the river Ceyhan, which continues to flow through the Çukurovaebene and then flows into the Mediterranean flows.

Economy

Today substantial economic significance of the city is derived from its function as an endpoint of two oil pipelines and the associated loading port. The older pipeline delivers oil from the north of Iraq, unless it has been set by stops out of service. The new line is the Baku -Tbilisi -Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which is heavily criticized by environmentalists. It delivers oil from the Caspian Sea from Azerbaijan and adopted on 25 May 2005 to operate on. More pipelines for natural gas from the Caucasus, are in the planning stage.

Historically, the economic importance of agriculture was in the Çukurovaebene.

Archeology

About six kilometers southwest of the county town is situated on the south bank of the Ceyhan place Sirkeli the archaeological site Sirkeli Höyük with a remarkable relief of the Hittite Great King Muwatalli II.

Famous people

Ceyhan River Adana Province Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline Caucasus Mountains Hittites Feke Saimbeyli Tufanbeyli Seyhan
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