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Alaca

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Alaca

Coordinates40.17°, 34.84°

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City facts

Overview

Alaca is a town in Çorum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located 52 km (32 mi) from the city of Çorum, on a road from the Black Sea coast to central Anatolia. It is the administrative seat of Alaca District. Its population is 19,510 (2022).

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
40.1690
Longitude
34.8415
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
817
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Crested Lark
    Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    20
  • European Starling
    Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    20
  • corn bunting
    Emberiza calandra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    19
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    18
  • Long-legged Buzzard
    Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1829) · Aves
    17
  • European Goldfinch
    Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    16
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
    Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
    16
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    15

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
59
Largest magnitude
5.6
Largest event
2024-04-18

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.48
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,635

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
90
Avg daily Wikipedia views
3
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Alaca

Atatürk & Alaca Höyük
Aykut Çınaroğlu · 2010
Hükümdar, dini lider, zanaatkar? Alacahöyük kral mezarları'na yeni bir bakış
Ünsal Yalçin · 2019

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Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image