Turkey Guide On Line
Turkey Guide On Line
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For Istanbul and its museums and monuments istanbulexpert, For Cappadocia and its fantastic landscapes visit cappadociaguideonline For Turkish Carpets and kilims turkishcarpetsguide. For Bodrum ancient Halicarnassus guidebodrum. and bodrumrehberi This site sponsored by inpopanda and incicuhadar
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Turkey covers 814.578 square km, which is slightly bigger than Texas. %3 percent of the country is in Europe, 97 % is in Asia. Location Turkey runs 1600 km (994 miles) from east to west, 550 km (341 miles) from north to south. 42 degrees latitude passes through Sinop, Black Sea Town in the north of Turkey, 40 degrees latitude passes by ancient Antioch (modern Antakya) near Syrian Border. 25-degree longitude on İmroz, and 45-degree longitude on east where Aras and Karasu Rivers cross each other. Borders Turkey has borders with eight countries: Here are the lengths of the borders with those countries Syria 822 km Iran 499 km Iraq 331 km Armenia 268 km Georgia 252 km Bulgaria 240 km Greece 206 km Azerbaijan 9 km Rainfall Aegean region rainfall annual rainfall (cm) 70.4 days with snow 0 days with frost 6.2 Aegean temperatures yearly 17.5 63/64 Fahrenheit highest 42.7 116 lowest - 8.4 46 Fahrenheit 8
Income distribution The top % 20 of the population gets 55% of the national income. Lowest 20% gets the 5% of the national income. Per capita income for the lowest 20% is 789 $. Per capita income for the top 20% is 6019 $. Per capita income for top 5% is 19,329$. Per capita income for the lowest 5% is 400$. There are 12.500 dollar-millioners in Turkey. Measurements 1 km = 0.621 land mile 1000 k. 621 mile 1 km 2= 0.3861 square mile 1 kilogram = 2.205 pound 1 gallon = 3.785 liters 1 acre= 4050 m2
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