Nurdağı Explained

Type:	metro district
Nurdağı
Coordinates:	37.1789°N 36.7397°W
Province:	Gaziantep
Leader Party:	AKP
Leader Name:	Yakup Bahar
Area Total Km2:	697
Population Total:	41322
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	27840
Area Code:	0342

Nurdağı (pronounced as /tr/) is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey.^[1] Its area is 697 km²,^[2] and its population is 41,322 (2022).^[3] Nurdağı is west of the city of Gaziantep.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck from Nurdağı on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the district and around 2,500 deaths.^{[4] [5]} Mass graves were created to bury the overwhelming number of dead in the area.^[6]

Composition

There are 48 neighbourhoods in Nurdağı District:^[7]

• Alpaslan Türkeş
• Altınova
• Aslanlı
• Ataköy
• Atatürk
• Atmalı
• Bademli
• Bahçelievler
• Balıkalan
• Başpınar
• Belpınar
• Çakmak
• Demirler
• Durmuşlar
• Emirler
• Esenyurt
• Fatih
• Gedikli
• Gökçedere
• Gözlühüyük
• Hamidiye
• Hisar
• İçerisu
• İkizkuyu
• İncegedik
• İncirli
• Karaburçlu
• Kartal
• Kırışkal
• Kırkpınar
• Kömürler
• Kurudere
• Kuzoluk
• M.Akif Ersoy
• Mesthüyük
• Naimler
• Nogaylar
• Olucak
• Sakçagözü
• Şatırhüyük
• Sayburun
• Tandırlı
• Terken
• Torunlar
• Tüllüce
• Yavuz Selim
• Yaylacık
• Yeni

Notes and References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
2. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 July 2023.
3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
4. Web site: Nurdağı'ndaki hasar havadan görüntülendi. TRT Haber. 2023-02-08. tr.
5. Web site: Gaziantep'in Nurdağı ilçesinde arama kurtarma çalışmaları. Anadolu Agency. 2023-02-15. tr.
6. News: Tondo . L. . Narlı . D. B. . Michaelson . R. . Hezaber . H. . No room for the dead as cemeteries in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria fill up . 10 February 2023 . The Guardian. 10 February 2023.
7. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle