Introducing Kilis Province 4

LOCATION COğRAFş

Kilis, Hatay province in Southeast Anatolia region lying between the Gaziantep-Maras with the fact that the Euphrates River, is located in the southwestern part of the Plateau.

Covering an area of ​​1521 square kilometers, the geographical latitude of 36 ° north, is between 32 o east longitude; Oğuzelı the east, west and north Islahiye, north and northeast Şahinbey, surrounded by lands in the south of Syria

Physical Geography FEATURES

Geological region (geological and geomorphological) sense, the formation II. Has taken place lately, and III, a large area, consisting of these time periods are covered with oil basalt and doleitlerle.

Afrin Valley, west of the area's geological structure "in the orogenic Flysch Zone" of the valley with the eastern direction, "Gaziantep, Adıyaman Önçukuru Sedimentation Basin" creates.

This building on the Upper Cretaceous formations of basalt kuvarterner tertiary sediments and layers of fat consists, at the end of the Miocene faults, fault yarılmıştır systems.

Mature in terms of age structure of the region (zonal) and young (Azonal) contains features. Calcareous-clayey basaltic soils are usually red and brown kalkersiz and heavy and contain zonal feature, plain and valley soils that activated kolüvyol Azonal alüvyol and washing.

The rugged construction of the province to the north and northwest of Mount Eagle (Mount Sof), starting towards the Syrian border alçalmaktadır.Kurt Mountains, Mount Darmik, Hazal Mountain, Mount Kefiz, Kormacit Mountain, Grandfather Mountain and the Great Mountain of the province of Arab creates yükseltilerini.

RIVERS

The amount of water in terms of the width of the basin and the region's most important river in the Afrin River. Gaziantep Külecik northwest of the town limits of Mount Musabeyli born in this river? Kilis is expanding the base of the valley in the west of the provincial boundaries.

With a length of 70 km in the province of Kilis Afrin River, with copper-stream areas are meshed together Karadere "Black Afrin" takes its name from ini.

Soap Water (50 km), Fish Juice (45 km), Sinnep Water (30 km) are other streams of the province, on the Seve Dam, Üçpinar, Fish, the host has ponds, the pond is under construction Sapkanlı

CLIMATE

The average annual rainfall of 515.8 mm. Rainfall is usually in the form of rain (2-3 on the year profitable) "December, January, February, March," in focus.

Annual average relative humidity of 56% (the highest in the winter, the low humidity of June), and annual mean pressure 942.0 MB

Effective in the region from the west and north winds. Cold and dry / dryer in a northeaster that have an impact, a harbinger of winter, and among the public "mihrican" name is known.

Moist and cool winds from the west winds are expected by local people.

In this atmosphere, people and events that directly affects the social life of local people "singing blurs the, Garbi dilutes; came portion of the Qibla, our job was to God." Tekerlemesini düzmüştür.

Mediterranean climate (tropical) climate in the Eastern Anatolia (terrestrial) and the region of intersection of Kilis in place of the aforementioned features of the climate zones are dominant. This structure is one of the hot-dry, and the other in the different climatic features including a cool-humid.

16.8oC provinces, the average annual temperature is. January is the coldest days of winter (average temperature 3.6oC - 6.5oC) till the summer is the warmest days of July and August (average temperature 26.8oC) months.

FLORA

South Eastern Anatolia steppe vegetation area in case of a gateway between the Mediterranean vegetation geography of the Kilis area unsuitable for agriculture, meadows and pastures 16%, 12% shrubs, 6% of the forested areas of the form.

Extending over an area of ​​about 7600 ha of forest and woods of Mount Wolf, harem Hill, Afrin River, soap water, concentrated in regions of Delicay. This is the red pine (the most common tree species in the region), oak (kermez oak, ilex oak, gall oak, oak acorn), juniper, prayer beads tree, gum tree, turpentine, akçakesme, sumac, almond, hawthorn, pear covered with tree species such as . Forest vegetation in six of the gorse, scrub formations consist of mashed potatoes and mixed.

If you need to think of endemic flora and fauna of the region in a separate geography of Gaziantep, Kilis and yöresiyle (especially the Wolf Mountain, Sof Dagi) endemic species identified are:

Hausknechtii Centaurea (cornflower), Corchicum davisii (pain crocus), Fritillaria viridiflora (inverted tulip), Hesperis aintabica (Pistachio night violet), Onosma bornmuelleri (dummy seeds), Satureja aintabensis (Pistachio Sateri), Astragalus aintabicus (Pistachio Gevende)

Kilis Cuisine

Kilis cuisine has its own unique dishes, a rich structure. Meals, "the daily cooked food" and "meals on special occasions, the" divided into two.

Creates the basis for the meals of meat and bulgur wheat. In addition, according to the season is done and vegetables in meals.

Kilis dishes, rich Turkish cuisine also reflects the characteristics of the properties of the Aleppo cuisine. In the foreground, greasy, spicy dishes that are versions of indispensable kitchen Kilis foods such as olive oil.

Olive oil is obtained from olives of high quality locally grown, however, indispensable in the kitchen of a food ingredient in almost every Kilislinin

Kilis is in the forefront of cuisine for the palate. Given special attention to the food delicious. The meals, meal featuring a variety of spices are used by