Ceylanpınar

Ceylanpınar (, Ra's al 'Ayn, Resülayn) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,589 km², and its population is 90,440 (2022). 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 (Köppen climate classification: BSh). Summers are extremely hot with virtually no rain at all, winters tend to be cool but can become very cold due to northeasterly winds.

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