Sivas Province

The Sivas Province (Turkis: Sivas ili) is a province o Turkey. It locatit at the eastren pairt o the Central Anatolie region o Turkey; it is the seicont lairgest province in Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat tae the wast, Kayseri tae the soothwast, Kahramanmaraş tae the sooth, Malatya tae the sootheast, Erzincan tae the east, Giresun tae the northeast, an Ordu tae the north. Its caipital is Sivas.

Sivas Province
Province o Turkey
Location of Sivas Province in Turkey
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Central Anatolie
Subregion	Kayseri
Govrenment
• Electoral destrict	Sivas
Area
• Tot	28,488 km2 (10,999 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Tot	621,224
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0346
Vehicle registration	58

The majority o Sivas Province shares the climate o the Central Anatolie Region in which the simmer saisons are hot an dry while winter saisons are cauld an snawy. Housomeivver, the northren pairt o the province shares the Black Sea Climate while the eastre portion shares the climate o the Eastren Anatolie heicher region.

This province is notit for its thermal springs.

Destricts

Sivas province is dividit intae 17 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):

Akıncılar Altınyayla Divriği Doğanşar Gemerek Gölova Gürün Hafik İmranlı

Kangal Koyulhisar Şarkışla Sivas Suşehri Ulaş Yıldızeli Zara

History

The route o the Silk Road an the Persie Ryal Road run throu Sivas.

Accordin tae the written historical sources, the region o Sivas province wis first inhabitit durin the period o the Hittite ceevilization bi the beginnin o 2000 BC an became an important dounset. The region then encoontered the reign o Phrygie, Lydie, Assirie, Roman, Byzantine, Seljukian, Danişment, İlhanlı, Eretna an Ottoman ceevilizations.

The foondations o the modren Turkis Republic wur laid in the Sivas Congress assembled on 4 September 1919, durin the presidency o Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, thus makkin the province o Sivas important tae the history o the Turkis naition.