Karabük

Karabük is a town and the capital district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. According to the 2009 census, population of the city is 108 167. The district covers an area of 760 km (293 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 354 m (1,161 ft). Karabük is one of the newest provinces of Turkey in the northern part of Anatolia located about 200 kilometers north of Ankara, 115 km (71 mi) away from Zonguldak and 113 km (70 mi) away from Kastamonu. Until 1995 it was a district of Zonguldak, when it became an il (provincial center) in its own right. It was built in the 1930s as the seat of the iron and steel industry of Turkey. Karabük lies in a location near Filyos river formed by the merge of Araç and Soğanlı...