Karabük

Karabük is a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karabük Province and Karabük District.[2] Its population is 125,403 (2022).[1] The town lies at an elevation of 301 m (988 ft).[3] Karabük was built in the 1930s as the seat of the iron and steel industry of Turkey, and thus is prone to the hazardous effects of air pollution.[4] Karabük lies in a location near Filyos River formed by the merge of Araç and Soğanlı rivers. There are no known records of the origin of its name; in Turkish kara means "black" and bük means "bush" or "blackberry bush" ("bramble"). So Karabük means "blackbush".