Kilis

This article covers the city. For the province, see Kilis (province) .

Kilis
City center
Basic data
Province (il) :	Kilis
Coordinates :	36 ° 43 '  N , 37 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 43 '0 "  N , 37 ° 7' 0"  E
Height :	663  m
Residents :	100,675 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 348
Postal code :	79,000
License plate :	79
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	75 Mahalle (district)
Mayor :	Mehmet Abdi Bulut ( AKP )
Website:	www.kilis.bel.tr
Kilis County
Residents :	116,034 (2018)
Surface:	610 km²
Population density :	190 inhabitants per km²

Kilis ( Arabic كلز Killiz ) is a Turkish city ​​in the region of Southeast Anatolia . It is the provincial capital of the Kilis province of the same nameand also the center ( Merkez ) of the district of the same name. The city lies on the Syrian border in a plain of the same name, at the foot of the Kefiz at about 650 meters above sea level .

The district of the same name consists of the district town (87 percent of the district's population ) and 52 villages ( Köy , plural Köyler ), of which Çukuroba (2,014), Gülbaba (1,395) and Yavuzlu (1,297) are the largest. An average of 295 residents inhabit each of the 52 villages.

history

There are numerous Höyüks in the immediate vicinity of the city , which show that the region has been inhabited for a very long time. The best known and best researched is the Oylum Höyük , which was inhabited from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period.

The name Kilis is used for the first time in Arabic scripts in the 10th century and is derived from the term for "church". At the end of the 11th century Kilis was conquered by the crusaders , later fell into the hands of the Ayyubids and the Egyptian Mamluks . When the region was conquered by the Ottoman Sultan Selim the Strict , Kilis was still a village. From 1519 Kilis was a small town with four mahalles and about 1,500 inhabitants. At the end of the 19th century, Kilis belonged to the Aleppo province and had 20,000 inhabitants. The geographer Vital Cuinet reports, among other things, of 47 Friday mosques , 12 smaller mosques , 4 dervish convents, 24 madrasas and 3 churches.

Population development

The following table shows the comparative population level at the end of the year for the province, the central district and the city of Kilis as well as the respective share at the higher administrative level. The figures are based on the address-based population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007.

year	province	district		city
	real	percent	real	percent	real
2018	142,541	81.40	116.034	86.76	100,675
2017	136.319	82.57	112,553	86.84	97,745
2016	130,825	81.47	106,582	87.47	93,222
2015	130,655	81.35	106.293	87.74	93,266
2014	128,781	80.39	103,531	87.25	90,327
2013	128,586	80.02	102,889	86.91	89,422
2012	124,320	79.68	99.056	85.93	85.119
2011	124,452	79.05	98,383	85.57	84.184
2010	123.135	78.27	96,374	85.20	82,109
2009	122.104	77.83	95.034	84.75	80,542
2008	120.991	77.46	93,719	83.97	78,698
2007	118,457	77.74	92.094	84.38	77,706

civil war in Syria

Kilis is located immediately north of the border with Syria. Many refugees have saved themselves from the civil war in the border town and there are already more Syrians than Turks living there. The city has been hit by missiles several times since January 2016.

education

Kilis has a university located in the center. It includes faculties of technology, art, science and administration as well as several vocational schools.

Climate table

Kilis (640 m)
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     76   10 3     72   11 3     62   16 6th     42   21st 10     23   27 15th     6.7   33 19th     1.4   36 21st     1.7   36 22nd     6th   33 19th     34   26th 15th     64   18th 8th     79   12 4th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: State Meteorological Office of the Republic of Turkey, normal period 1981–2010

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Kilis (640 m) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 9.9 11.2 15.8 21.3 27.3 32.8 36.2 36.2 32.7 26.2 17.6 11.5 O 23.3 Min. Temperature (° C) 2.5 3.1 6.1 10.2 14.6 18.5 21.3 21.5 18.8 14.6 8.3 4.1 O 12 Temperature (° C) 6.0 6.9 10.7 15.6 20.8 25.4 28.2 28.1 25.0 19.8 12.5 7.5 O 17.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 76.0 72.4 61.5 41.9 23.2 6.7 1.4 1.7 6.0 34.1 63.5 78.5 Σ 466.9 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 4.1 4.9 6.3 7.7 9.3 11.2 11.6 11.1 10.0 7.5 5.7 3.9 O 7.8 Rainy days ( d ) 12.0 11.6 11.0 9.0 5.6 1.6 0.3 0.3 1.5 5.4 8.6 10.8 Σ 77.7 Source: State Meteorological Office of the Republic of Turkey, normal period 1981–2010

sons and daughters of the town

• Sophronios of Kilis (*?; † 1780), Orthodox patriarch
• Hıncal Uluç (* 1939), Turkish journalist
• Emine Demirbüken-Wegner (* 1961), German politician of Turkish descent
• Mehmet Şahan (* 1958), Turkish soccer player and coach
• Mehmet Sedef (* 1987), Turkish soccer player

Web links

Commons : Kilis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri (Nufusune.com) , accessed on April 23, 2019
2. ↑ Central Dissemination System / Merkezi Dağıtım Sistemi (MEDAS) of the TÜIK , accessed on May 5, 2019
3. ↑ This is the city of refugees. (No longer available online.) In: Deutsche Welle . Archived from the original on April 28, 2016 ; Retrieved April 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Rockets from Syria hit Turkish city. In: Spiegel Online . Retrieved April 28, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Terrorist militia IS firing rockets towards Turkey. In: N24 . Retrieved April 28, 2016 .