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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = municipality
| name                 = Murgul
| other_name           =
| image_skyline        = Murgul scan.jpg
| image_caption        = Murgul in the 1960's
| image_shield         =
| coordinates          = {{coord|41|16|32|N|41|33|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Artvin
| district             = Murgul
| leader_party         = [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]]
| leader_name          = Hasan Çavuş
| area_footnotes       =
| area_total_km2       =
| elevation_m          = 473
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 5020
| population_as_of     = 2021
| postal_code          = 08800
| area_code            =
| website              = {{url|https://murgul.bel.tr/}}
| blank1_name              = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank1_info              = [[Oceanic climate|Cfb]]
}}
'''Murgul''' ([[Laz language|Laz]] and [[Georgian language|Georgian]]: მურღული/Murghuli) is a town in [[Artvin Province]] in the [[Black Sea Region, Turkey|Black Sea]] region of [[Turkey]]. It is the seat of [[Murgul District]].<ref name=ilce>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.</ref> Its population is 5,020 (2021).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021|url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=30 January 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=tr |format=XLS}}</ref>
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.
==Climate==
Murgul has an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb'').
{{Weather box
|location = Murgul
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|collapsed=y
|Jan mean C = 3.2
|Feb mean C = 4.1
|Mar mean C = 6.6
|Apr mean C = 10.9
|May mean C = 14.6
|Jun mean C = 17.9
|Jul mean C = 20.7
|Aug mean C = 20.9
|Sep mean C = 18.1
|Oct mean C = 14.0
|Nov mean C = 9.6
|Dec mean C = 5.4
|year mean C = 12.2
|Jan precipitation mm = 139
|Feb precipitation mm = 111
|Mar precipitation mm = 92
|Apr precipitation mm = 82
|May precipitation mm = 74
|Jun precipitation mm = 102
|Jul precipitation mm = 84
|Aug precipitation mm = 105
|Sep precipitation mm = 132
|Oct precipitation mm = 163
|Nov precipitation mm = 157
|Dec precipitation mm = 173
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Climate-Data-org<ref name = "Climate-Data.org">{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/30516/|title = Climate: Murgul|accessdate = 12 April 2014
|publisher = Climate-Data.org}}</ref>
}}
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.murgul.bel.tr/ the Municipality]
{{Murgul District}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Artvin Province]]
[[Category:District municipalities in Turkey]]
[[Category:Murgul District]]
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