Type: | municipality |
Murgul | |
Coordinates: | 41.2756°N 41.5664°W |
Province: | Artvin |
District: | Murgul |
Leader Party: | AKP |
Leader Name: | Hasan Çavuş |
Elevation M: | 473 |
Population Total: | 5020 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Postal Code: | 08800 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Blank1 Info: | Cfb |
Murgul (Laz and Georgian: მურღული/Murghuli) is a town in Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Murgul District.[1] Its population is 5,020 (2021).[2]
Previously known as Damar and Göktaş, Murgul is on a tributary of the Çoruh River, with mountains on all sides.
Half of the land is mountain forest and most of the other half is meadow, only 5% is planted. There are various mining and mineral operations especially copper (Murgul has Turkey's largest copper reserve) and also iron and nitrates.
Murgul has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).