İskilip

Also known as Iskilip

İskilip is a district of Çorum Province, Turkey, on the left bank of the River Kızılırmak, located at 56 km from the city of Çorum, 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Ankara and 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Kastamonu. It is the seat of İskilip District. Its population is 17,612 (2022). The mayor is Ali Sülük.

Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: İskilip
Turkey place.other_name: Esculape
Turkey place.image_skyline: ISKILIP Kale 1024.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Old picture of the citadel of İskilip
Turkey place.province: Çorum
Turkey place.district: İskilip
Turkey place.leader_party: MHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Ali Sülük
Turkey place.elevation_m: 750
Turkey place.population_total: 17612
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 19400
Turkey place.area_code: 0364
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Csb

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Wikidata facts

Population: 32546
Elevation: 750
Image: ISKILIP Kale 1024.jpg

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Commons category: İskilip
urban population: 17596
rural population: 12426

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Etymology
Geography
History
İskilip today
Notable people
References
External links

==Etymology== Former names included Iskila (the name given to the area in Hittite times), Asklepios / Aesculapius (in ancient Greek), Blocium / Bloacium, İmad, Iskelib / İskelib (the ancient name returning into use in the Seljuk Turkish era), and Direklibel.