Turkey Geography

Country Name: Republic of Turkey

Capital City: Ankara

Population: 70,413,958 (2006)

Population Growth: 1.06% (2006)

Currency: Turkish lira (YTL)

Languages: Turkish

Area: 780,580 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.8% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006)

Domain extension: .tr

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF TURKEY

Location:

Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

Geographic Co-ordinates:

39 00 N, 35 00 E

Area - total:

780,580 sq km

Area - total:

780,580 sq km

Area - land:

770,760 sq km

Area - water:

9,820 sq km

Land Boundaries:

2,648 km

Border Countries:

Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km

Terrain:

high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges

Elevation - highest point:

Mount Ararat 5,166 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Mediterranean Sea 0 m

Natural Resources:

coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower

Arable Land:

29.81%

Permanent Crops:

3.39%

Other Land Use:

66.8% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van