Onikişubat Explained

Type:metro district
Onikişubat
Coordinates:37.5833°N 91°W
Province:Kahramanmaraş
Area Total Km2:2429
Population Total:453730
Population As Of:2022
Area Code:0344

Onikişubat is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.[1] Its area is 2,429 km2,[2] and its population is 453,730 (2022).[3] The district Onikişubat was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Kahramanmaraş, along with the new district Dulkadiroğlu.[4] [5] It covers the western part of the agglomeration of Kahramanmaraş and the adjacent countryside. The name Kahramanmaraş is reserved for the metropolitan municipality.

"Onikişubat" means "12 February"; it refers to the date of recovery of Kahramanmaraş during the Turkish War of Independence in 1920.

Composition

There are 141 neighbourhoods in Onikişubat District:[6]

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. 19 September 2023.
  3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  4. Web site: Law No. 6360. 6 December 2012 . Official Gazette. tr.
  5. Web site: İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri . 20 September 2023. 46 . tr.
  6. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle

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