Durağan 杜拉安
Durağan is a town and district of Sinop Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.
The town is at the location where Kizil River joins its tributary Gökırmak just before crossing the last mountain range northwards to the Black Sea.
The name of the town is an altered version of the name of a building from 13th century for overnight stay of caravans, Durak Han, literally "station house" in Turkish. Another possible explanation is that the name originates from "Dura Han" where Dura is the name of a ravine nearby (Dura Deresi) down from a plateau dominating the two river valleys.