Kırıkkale
This article is about the town in Turkey. For the village in Turkey, see Melouseia. Municipality in Kırıkkale, Turkey Kırıkkale Municipality Kırıkkale Nur Mosque Kırıkkale Coordinates: 39°50′30″N 33°30′50″E / 39.84167°N 33.51389°E / 39.84167; 33.51389 Coordinates: 39°50′30″N 33°30′50″E / 39.84167°N 33.51389°E / 39.84167; 33.51389 Country Turkey Province Kırıkkale Government • Mayor Mehmet Saygılı (AKP) Area [1] • District 318.07 km 2 (122.81 sq mi) Population (2012) [2] • Urban 192,473 • District 200,625 • District density 630/km 2 (1,600/sq mi) Website www.kirikkale.bel.tr Kırıkkale is the capital of the Kırıkkale Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located 80 km east of Ankara. According to the 2000 census, the population of the province is 280,834, of which 192,705 live in the city of Kırıkkale. [3] [4] The name of the city means broken castle . The town of Kırıkkale is located on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kızıl River in central ...