Çetinkaya
Village
A view from the village
A view from the village
Çetinkaya is located in Turkey
Çetinkaya
Çetinkaya
Location in Turkey
Çetinkaya is located in Turkey Central Anatolia
Çetinkaya
Çetinkaya
Çetinkaya (Turkey Central Anatolia)
Coordinates: 39°15′01″N 37°36′25″E / 39.2504°N 37.6070°E / 39.2504; 37.6070
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSivas
DistrictKangal
Elevation
1,432 m (4,698 ft)
Population
 (2022)
908
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Çetinkaya is a village in the Kangal District of the Sivas Province in Turkey.[1] Its population is 908 (2022).[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3] It is located along the Ankara-Kars railway and is near the Çetinkaya junction, where the Çetinkaya-Malatya railway diverges south. Between 1960 and 2011, the population was in a constant drop from about 4,000 inhabitants in 1960 to 1,477 inhabitants in 2011, a 63% decrease.

The village is located just north of the D.260 state highway and Çetinkaya station is serviced by intercity trains from Ankara[4][5][6] (temporarily Irmak) to Kars,[4] Kurtalan,[5] and Tatvan,[6] as well as regional trains from Sivas[7] to Divriği.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Law No. 6360, Official Gazette, 6 December 2012 (in Turkish).
  4. 1 2 "Doğu Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Van Gölü Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Sivas Divriği Treni". seyhat.railturkey.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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