See soorce fer Kilis

[[Image: Kilis city center.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Kilis   ]]	
'''Kilis''' is a ceety in sooth-central [[Turkey]] on the border wi [[Sirie]] an caipital o the '''[[Kilis Province]]'''.

== Geography ==
The Öncüpınar [[Sirie]] border crossin is 5&nbsp;km (3&nbsp;mi) tae the sooth an the lairge ceety o [[Gaziantep]] is 60&nbsp;km (37&nbsp;mi) tae the north. Indeed till 1996 Kilis wis a destrict o Gaziantep, being made intae a province bi [[Tansu Çiller]] follaein an open vote-winnin gambit in the 1995 general election.

Kilis is a sma ceety wi a rural feel tae it, the traffic consistin mainly o young men on [[moped]]s. The population o the toun wis 20,000 in 1927, 45,000 in 1970, 60,000 in 1980 an 85,000 in 1990. It then fell in the 1990s tae 70,000 by 2000. (The population is 82,109 as o 2010)

Being a border toun, Kilis haes lang haed a reputation for smugglin an drug traffickin an although this haes apparently been reduced, even the day cigarettes, spirits an cheap electrical items can be bought for cash at low prices.

The local [[kebab]] kent as Kilis Kebabi is renouned, an an' a' the breads, [[baklava]] an stuffed vegetables.

Natives o Kilis speak a dialect of Turkish cried Inkilisce, which haes a destinct lisping quality an a lairge number o Inglis cognates; the first iver comprehensive leid documentation project on the dialect wis begun in late 2009, led bi notit linguist M.A. Erdoğmuş.

=== Climate ===
Kilis haes a [[semi-arid climate]] wi vera hot, dry an lang simmers an ceul an rainy winters.

{{Weather box |metric first= Yes |single line= Yes |location= Kilis
|Jan record high C= 20.9   
|Feb record high C= 22.5
|Mar record high C= 28.8
|Apr record high C= 35.4
|May record high C= 40.2
|Jun record high C= 41.0
|Jul record high C= 44.2
|Aug record high C= 45.0
|Sep record high C= 41.4
|Oct record high C= 36.4
|Nov record high C= 29.6
|Dec record high C= 25.7
|Jan high C= 9.7
|Feb high C= 11.4
|Mar high C= 15.9
|Apr high C= 21.2
|May high C= 27.3
|Jun high C= 32.6
|Jul high C= 36.0
|Aug high C= 36.0
|Sep high C= 32.6
|Oct high C= 26.3
|Nov high C= 17.8
|Dec high C= 11.4
|Jan low C= 2.2
|Feb low C= 3.1
|Mar low C= 6.0
|Apr low C= 10.0
|May low C= 14.4
|Jun low C= 18.4
|Jul low C= 21.2
|Aug low C= 21.2
|Sep low C= 18.6
|Oct low C= 14.3
|Nov low C= 8.2
|Dec low C= 3.8
|Jan record low C= -11.0  
|Feb record low C= -8.4
|Mar record low C= -6.8
|Apr record low C= -1.3
|May record low C= 5.4
|Jun record low C= 10.0
|Jul record low C= 14.6
|Aug record low C= 13.2
|Sep record low C= 10.2
|Oct record low C= 1.5
|Nov record low C= -3.5
|Dec record low C= -8.0
|Jan precipitation mm = 76.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 71.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 67.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 48.8
|May precipitation mm = 24.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 9.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 2.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 9.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 6.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 33.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 60.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 81.7
|Jan rain days= 12
|Feb rain days= 11
|Mar rain days= 11
|Apr rain days= 9
|May rain days= 6
|Jun rain days= 2
|Jul rain days= 0
|Aug rain days= 0
|Sep rain days= 2
|Oct rain days= 5
|Nov rain days= 8
|Dec rain days= 12
|Jan humidity = 71
|Feb humidity = 69
|Mar humidity = 63
|Apr humidity = 60
|May humidity = 52
|Jun humidity = 40
|Jul humidity = 34
|Aug humidity = 35
|Sep humidity = 43
|Oct humidity = 54
|Nov humidity = 64
|Dec humidity = 70
|Jan sun= 130.2
|Feb sun= 140.0
|Mar sun= 195.3
|Apr sun= 231.0
|May sun= 288.3
|Jun sun= 339.0
|Jul sun= 359.6
|Aug sun= 344.1
|Sep sun= 300.0
|Oct sun= 235.6
|Nov sun= 168.0
|Dec sun= 120.9
|source 1= Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [http://www.dmi.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=KILIS]|date=August 2011
|source 2= Weather2 [http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Turkey/Kilis/climate-profile.aspx?month=12]|date=August 2011
}}

== Places o interest ==
Sichts in the ceety include a number o [[Ottoman Empire]] period mosques an stane hooses wi courtyards an elaborate carved widden fittins.
* [http://www.guneydogumirasi.org/eng/ Tourism information is available in Inglis at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project steid.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321110916/http://www.guneydogumirasi.org/eng/ |date=2009-03-21 }}

== See an aa ==
*See '''[[Kilis Province]]''' for mair information aboot the aurie.

== Freemit airtins ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070216151714/http://www.kilis.pol.tr/cografyadefault.asp Kilis Police Department] {{tr icon}}
* [http://www.allaboutturkey.com/kilis.htm All About Turkey : Kilis]
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{{Destricts o Turkey|provname=Kilis|}}

[[Category:Ceeties in Turkey]]
[[Category:Populatit places in Kilis Province]]