Akbez is a town in

Hatay Province Hatay Province ( tr, Hatay ili, ) is the southernmost province of Turkey. It is situated almost entirely outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of A ...

, Turkey

Geography

Akbez at is a town in Hassa district which itself is a part of Hatay Province. It is situated at the extreme north of the province where the road from Kilis Province intersects the main highway running from north to south. It is from Hassa. The population of the town was 9000 as of 2012.

History

Akbez township was established in 1972 by merging the two villages of Salmanuşağı and Nuhuşağı. During the early years of the Turkish Republic these villages were in the Province of Cebeli Bereket. After this province was abolished in 1933, the villages were made a part of

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. But after the Hatay Republic was merged into Turkey in 1939, the villages as well as the rest of Hassa were made a part of Hatay Province.

Demographics

During German traveler Martin Hartmann's visit, the Ottoman nahiyah of Ekbez had 8 villages with 6 being Turkish (132 houses), 1 being Turkish majority and Armenian minority (30 houses), and 1 being Armenian and Turkish plurality (50 houses).

Economy

The main agricultural products are grapes, cotton, soybean and olive. There are two olive oil press facilities in the town.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Hatay Province Towns in Turkey Hatay Province Hassa District