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184:Time zone
167:Elevation
1613:Yaylacık
1603:Yakupköy
1598:Uzunyazı
1593:Türkoğlu
1588:Şeyhyeni
1583:Selimiye
1563:Saraycık
1558:Pekmezci
1548:Oymaağaç
1523:Mahmutlu
1513:Küçükçay
1498:Kıreymir
1493:Kayadüzü
1483:Karatepe
1423:Gökçebağ
1408:Esentepe
1403:Elmayolu
1393:Derealan
1378:Çayırözü
1373:Çayırköy
1363:Çavundur
1353:Büyükçay
1328:Bahçecik
1323:Aşağıbük
1303:Aksungur
1286:Villages
1277:Merzifon
1042:See also
993:in 1924
944:Ottomans
896:Caucasus
880:Hittites
846:Source:
798:Average
746:(17.15)
677:Average
360:Armenian
270:Μερσυφὼν
238:Մարզուան
234:Armenian
230:Merzifon
217:merzifon
144:Merzifon
139:District
127:Province
66:Merzifon
23:Merzifon
1633:Yolüstü
1578:Sazlıca
1573:Sarıköy
1538:Ortaova
1533:Ortabük
1518:Kuyuköy
1463:Kamışlı
1458:İnalanı
1398:Diphacı
1368:Çaybaşı
1358:Çamlıca
1343:Bayazıt
1333:Balgöze
1308:Aktarla
1298:Akpınar
916:Hadrian
865:History
741:(1.73)
736:(1.29)
731:(1.21)
726:(0.92)
721:(0.61)
716:(0.65)
711:(2.16)
706:(2.37)
701:(2.01)
696:(1.63)
691:(1.07)
686:(1.51)
672:(44.2)
667:(31.5)
662:(37.0)
657:(47.1)
652:(54.1)
647:(60.4)
642:(59.9)
637:(55.8)
632:(49.6)
627:(42.1)
622:(35.1)
617:(29.7)
612:(28.4)
602:(53.2)
597:(37.2)
592:(44.8)
587:(56.5)
582:(64.8)
577:(71.4)
572:(71.1)
567:(66.2)
562:(59.9)
557:(52.0)
552:(43.5)
547:(36.7)
542:(34.2)
532:(64.0)
527:(44.6)
522:(54.7)
517:(67.8)
512:(77.9)
507:(84.4)
502:(83.5)
497:(78.3)
492:(72.0)
487:(63.7)
482:(54.0)
477:(45.9)
472:(41.5)
395:Climate
383:on the
344:marzbān
277::
260:Merzban
249:Marzvan
245::
212:Website
116:Country
1618:Yenice
1608:Yalnız
1528:Muşruf
1508:Koçköy
1443:Hanköy
1318:Alişar
1313:Alıcık
1293:Akören
1116:
1035:Vienna
938:, the
900:Pontus
876:höyüks
744:435.51
423:Month
405:Köppen
389:Amasya
381:Samsun
377:Ankara
304:Turkey
178:61,376
132:Amasya
120:Turkey
1553:Oymak
1453:Hırka
1433:Hacet
1413:Eymir
1348:Bulak
1338:Bayat
1074:(XLS)
920:Bulak
912:Roman
841:66.2
838:75.5
835:70.0
832:66.1
829:62.3
826:60.9
823:60.4
820:63.9
817:63.1
814:61.9
811:65.8
808:70.3
805:74.8
793:72.1
739:43.85
734:32.86
729:30.76
724:23.28
719:15.47
714:16.51
709:54.75
704:60.22
699:51.02
694:41.28
689:27.17
684:38.34
462:Year
206:05300
189:UTC+3
1167:2021
1139:2024
1114:ISBN
1085:2023
1078:TÜİK
848:NOAA
802:(%)
790:6.8
787:5.6
784:5.2
781:3.3
778:2.7
775:3.4
772:8.2
769:9.2
766:8.2
763:7.4
760:5.4
757:6.7
665:−0.3
650:12.3
645:15.8
640:15.5
635:13.2
615:−1.3
610:−2.0
600:11.8
585:13.6
580:18.2
575:21.9
570:21.7
565:19.0
560:15.5
555:11.1
530:17.8
520:12.6
515:19.9
510:25.5
505:29.1
500:28.6
495:25.7
490:22.2
485:17.6
480:12.2
459:Dec
456:Nov
453:Oct
450:Sep
447:Aug
444:Jul
441:Jun
438:May
435:Apr
432:Mar
429:Feb
426:Jan
379:and
355:marz
219:.bel
670:6.8
660:2.8
655:8.4
630:9.8
625:5.6
620:1.7
595:2.9
590:7.1
550:6.4
545:2.6
540:1.2
525:7.0
475:7.7
470:5.3
409:Csb
391:.
364:van
314:).
312:CHP
284:or
221:.tr
193:TRT
160:CHP
1655::
1183:.
1155:.
1062:^
407::
324:.
290:,
272:,
268::
264:;
256::
252:;
240:,
236::
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