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Çorum is a A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. As with cities, there is no standard universal definition of a town: the criterion in use in any country is likely to arise...
town in the Corum (Turkish spelling Çorum; pronunciation: CHO-room) is a province of Turkey. The capital of the province bears the same name, Çorum. Corum is popular for its leblebi, baked chickpeas. Categories: Turkey geography stubs | Provinces of Turkey ...
Corum Provinces of Turkey are called iller in Turkish, singular is il (see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i). Each province is divided into subprovinces (ilçeler in Turkish; singular ilçe). Provincial capital, also called the central subprovince usually bears the same name as the province; the exceptions are Hatay...
Province of The Republic of Turkey is a country located in Southwest Asia with a small part of its territory (3%) in southeastern Europe. Until 1922, the country was the center of the Ottoman Empire. The Anatolian peninsula, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, forms the core of the country...
Turkey. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections...
As of 2004, the In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Population is studied in a wide variety of ways and disciplines. In population dynamics, size, age and sex structure, mortality, reproductive...
population was 178,500. It is located at Latitude, denoted φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. A regions latitude has a great effect on its climate and weather. Latitude is an angular measurement ranging from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the poles. Other latitudes of particular...
Latitude of 40.56° North is one of the four primary cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction and used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions. (As to the arbitrary nature of this choice, and psycho-social consequences of it, see boreocentrism.) Definitions North...
North and a Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. Longitude is given as an angular measurement ranging from 0° at the Prime Meridian to +180° eastward and...
Longitude of 34.96° East is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. East is the direction in which the Earth rotates about its axis. Therefore it is the direction from which the sun rises at the equinox. Another consequence is that it is the preferred direction of space launches...
East. Corum is also home to the Famous Ertugrul, who's family is one of the biggest and oldest. The Karadeniz dynasty first started in the early 12th century, and the family ruled in corum since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in the early 20th century after which all powers were stripped. The only surviving member of the family is Ertugrul who currently resides in London, UK.
External links
- Pictures of the city with links to surrounding Hittite sites (http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/corum)
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