Kırşehir Province () is located in central Turkey, forming part of the Central Anatolia Region. It stands on the North Anatolian Fault, and is currently in an earthquake warning zone. The average elevation is approximately 985 meters above sea level. The provincial capital is Kırşehir. The geographical centre of all land surfaces on Earth is at , in Kırşehir Province, Turkey. Kırşehir Province was originally established in 1924. On 30 June 1954, the provincial capital Kırşehir was demoted from a city to a district of Nevşehir Province by the ruling Democrat Party government of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, because the majority of the city's residents had voted for the Republican Nation Party led by opposition politician Osman Bölükbaşı in the 1954 Turkish general election on 2 May 1954. The towns of present-day Kırşehir Province were divided between Ankara Province, Yozgat Province and Nevşehir Province. Three years later, on 1 July 1957, Kırşehir Province was re-established. The provincial capital Kırşehir is the 69th largest city by population in Turkey; its surface area corresponds to 0.84% of Turkey's land area, which makes it the 53rd largest city in the country by land area. Districts Kırşehir province is divided into 7 districts (the capital district is in bold): Akçakent Akpınar Boztepe Çiçekdağı Kaman Kırşehir Mucur Gallery See also List of populated places in Kırşehir Province References External links Kırşehir governor's official website Kırşehir municipality's official website Kırşehir weather forecast information Kırşehir tourist information Kırşehir information web pages Kırşehir Haber