Ceylanpınar


Ceylanpınar is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,589 km2, and its population is 90,440. On the border with Syria, it is reached by a long straight road D.905 across the plain south from Viranşehir. It forms a divided city with Ra's al-'Ayn in Syria and there is a border crossing.

Composition

There are 52 neighbourhoods in Ceylanpınar District:
  • 15 Temmuz
  • Adnan Menderes
  • Akbulut
  • Aktepe
  • Alaca
  • Altınköy
  • Aşağıdoruklu
  • Aşağıdurmuş
  • Aşağıkarataş
  • Avcılı
  • Aydın
  • Aydoğdu
  • Bahçelievler
  • Boğalı
  • Büyükçaylı
  • Büyükyenice
  • Büyükyıldız
  • Ceylan
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Damlacık
  • Dikili
  • Düzova
  • Ensar
  • Fatih Sultan Mehmet
  • Gellegöç
  • Gültepe
  • Gümüş
  • Han
  • Işıklar
  • Maden
  • Mehmet Akif Ersoy
  • Mevlana
  • Muratlı
  • Özbek
  • Saraççeşme
  • Selahaddin Eyyübi
  • Seydo Atilla
  • Sufra
  • Tekinler
  • Turgut Özal
  • Ulucami
  • Yalçınkaya
  • Yeniköy
  • Yenişehir
  • Yeşiltepe
  • Yoncalı
  • Yukarı Doruklu
  • Yukarı Durmuş
  • Yukarı Esence
  • Yukarı Karataş
  • Yukarı Taşlıdere
  • Yüksektepe

    Immigration

Evren Paşa neighborhood is populated by Uzbeks, who are Afghan refugees.

Climate

Ceylanpınar has a hot semi-arid climate. Summers are extremely hot with virtually no rain at all, winters tend to be cool but can become very cold due to northeasterly winds.