Yozgat

Yozgat

Yozgat is a city and the capital district of Yozgat province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2009 census, population of the district is 113,614 of which 73,835 live in the city of Yozgat. After the old administrative center of the region, Tavium (Büyüknefes), became ruined, a new centre was created by Çapanoğlu, the founder of a powerful derebey family and called Bozok. The Ottoman Empire annexed Yozgat in 1398. At around 1911, it was the chief town of a sanjak of the same name in the Ankara Province, of the Ottoman Empire.

There was a trade in yellow madder (Stil de grain yellow) and mohair. The sanjak was very fertile, and contained good breeding-grounds in which cattle, horses and even camels were reared for the local agriculture and foreign trade. The town is located at an elevation of 4,380 ft (1,335 m), situated 105 mi (170 km) east of Ankara, near the head of a narrow valley through which the Ankara–Sivas road runs. Like much of the Anatolian Plateau, the lands around Yozgat have been deforested over thousands of years of human habitation. This makes the climate and weather harsh, in summers and winters. However the Republic of Turkey has taken great steps to reforest at least some of the region.

Yozgat has a semi-arid continental climate (Köppen Climate Classification: BSk) withcold and snowy winters due to its inland location and hot, dry summers. Summers often exceed 30 °C (86.0 °F) at peak times. Winter temperatures can drop as low as −20 °C (−4.0 °F) at the height of the season.