Afşin
District and municipality in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
38°14′47″N 36°55′7″E / 38.24639°N 36.91861°E / 38.24639; 36.91861 (2022)[1]
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Afşin is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,502 km2,[3] and its population is 80,044 (2022).[1] It is the location of the ancient town Arabissus.[4]
Afşin-Elbistan power stations
Two coal fired power stations are operational and are said to be damaging health via air pollution.[5]
Composition
There are 66 neighbourhoods in Afşin District:[6]
- Afşinbey
- Ağcaşar
- Alemdar
- Alimpınar
- Alpaslan
- Altaş
- Altunelma
- Anzorey
- Arıtaş
- Armutalanı
- Bakraç
- Başüstü
- Berçenek
- Beyceğiz
- Binboğa
- Büget
- Büyüksevin
- Büyüktatlı
- Çağulhan
- Çobanbeyli
- Çoğulhan
- Çomudüz
- Çukurpınar
- Dedebaba
- Deveboynu
- Dokuztay
- Efsuzturan
- Emirilyas
- Emirli
- Erçene
- Esence
- Gaziosmanpaşa
- Gerger
- Gözpınarı
- Haticepınar
- Hurman
- Hüyüklü
- İğdemlik
- İnciköy
- İncirli
- Kabaağaç
- Kale
- Kangal
- Karagöz
- Kaşanlı
- Koçovası
- Kötüre
- Küçük Tatlar
- Kuşkayası
- Marabuz
- Mehre
- Nadirköy
- Oğlakkaya
- Ördekköy
- Örenderesi
- Örenli
- Pınarbaşı
- Soğucak
- Söğütdere
- Tanır
- Topaktaş
- Türkçayırı
- Türksevin
- Yazıdere
- Yazıköy
- Yeşilyurt
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ "Kahramanmaraş'ta kanserin kol gezdiği mahalle santral nedeniyle göz göre göre yok oluyor" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Afşin.
- District governor's official website (in Turkish)
- District municipality's official website (in Turkish)
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