Ceyhan
Ceyhan () is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,426 km2, and its population is 158,922 (2022). It is the most populous district of the province, outside the city of Adana. Ceyhan is the transportation hub for Middle Eastern and Central Asian oil and natural gas. The city is situated on the Ceyhan River that flows through Çukurova plain. The Ceyhan River is dammed at Aslantas to provide flood control and irrigation for the lower river basin around Ceyhan.

Economy
Ceyhan's marine transport terminal is the Mediterranean terminus of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (the "BTC") which brings crude oil from the landlocked Caspian Sea across Azerbaijan and Georgia, and entering Turkey in the northeast. The pipeline was completed in May 2005. The terminal contains seven storage tanks, a jetty capable of loading two tankers of up to  simultaneously, metering facilities, a waste water treatment plant and vapor incineration ("burn-off") facilities.

Ceyhan Terminal is also the destination of Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline.

Contemporary Life
Ceyhan is the second most developed and populated district of Adana Province after the center of Adana. The river runs through the district.

Transport
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is the closest airport to Ceyhan  west of the city. There are domestic and international flights to numerous destinations from the airport. There was a plane crash here in 1999. A Saudi bound plane carrying Hajj pilgrims crashed a few minutes after take off. There were many deaths.

Ceyhan Railway Station was opened in 1912 as part of the Berlin-Baghdad Railway. The station is currently served by two regional lines and one long-distance line. Regional lines run from Mersin to İskenderun and Mersin to İslahiye; long-distance line runs from Adana to Elazığ. There are three services daily to Adana Central Station to connect to the western destinations; Mersin, Ankara, Karaman and Kayseri.

Places of interest
The Caravanserai of Kurtkulağı - built in 1659 by Hüseyin Paşa, architect Mehmed Ağa.
Tumlu Kale or Dumlukale - another castle.
Sirkeli Höyük - built to commemorate a battle here between Hittite emperor Muvattali and the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses.

Composition
There are 112 neighbourhoods in Ceyhan District:

 Adapınar
 Adatepe
 Ağaçlı
 Ağaçpınar
 Akdam
 Altıgözbekirli
 Altıkara
 Altıocak
 Atatürk
 Aydınlar
 Aytemuroğlu
 Azizli
 Başören
 Belediye Evleri
 Birkent
 Bota
 Burhaniye
 Burhanlı
 Büyükburhaniye
 Büyükkırım
 Büyükmangıt
 Çakaldere
 Camuzağılı
 Çataklı
 Çatalhüyük
 Çevretepe
 Ceyhanbekirli
 Çiçekli
 Çiftlikler
 Civantayak
 Çokçapınar
 Cumhuriyet
 Dağıstan
 Değirmendere
 Değirmenli
 Dikilitaş
 Dokuztekne
 Doruk
 Durhasandede
 Dutlupınar
 Ekinyazı
 Elmagölü
 Emek
 Erenler
 Esentepe
 Fatih Sultan Mehmet
 Gazi Osman Paşa
 Gümürdülü
 Gündoğan
 Günlüce
 Hamdilli
 Hamidiye
 Hamitbey
 Hamitbeybucağı
 Hürriyet
 İmran
 İnceyer
 İnönü
 Irmaklı
 İsalı
 Isırganlı
 İstiklal
 Karakayalı
 Kelemeti
 Kılıçkaya
 Kıvrıklı
 Kızıldere
 Konakoğlu
 Köprülü
 Körkuyu
 Koruklu
 Kösreli
 Küçükburhaniye
 Küçükkırım
 Küçükmangıt
 Kurtkulağı
 Kurtpınar
 Kuzucak
 Mercimek
 Mercin
 Mithatpaşa
 Modernevler
 Muradiye
 Mustafabeyli
 Namık Kemal
 Narlık
 Nazımbey Yeniköy
 Sağırlar
 Sağkaya
 Şahin Özbilen
 Sarıbahçe
 Sarımazı
 Sarısakal
 Şehit Hacı Ibrahim
 Selimiye
 Sirkeli
 Soğukpınar
 Soysallı
 Tatarlı
 Tatlıkuyu
 Toktamış
 Tumlu
 Üçdutyeşilova
 Ulus
 Veysiye
 Yalak
 Yarsuat
 Yellibel
 Yeşilbahçe
 Yeşildam
 Yılankale
 Zübeyde Hanım

International relations

Ceyhan is twinned with:
 Sumgait, Azerbaijan

See also
Çukurova
Cilicia War
Timeline of the Turkish War of Independence
Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline

Footnotes

 
Çukurova
Populated places in Adana Province
Districts of Adana Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey