Çorum is a landlocked northern
Anatolian city that is the capital of the
Çorum Province of
Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central
Black Sea Region of Turkey, and is approximately from
Ankara and from
Istanbul. The city has an
elevation of above sea level, a surface area of 12,820 km
2 (4950 mi
2), and as of the 2009 census, a population of 218,130.