Kırıkhan is a municipality and

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Hatay Province Hatay Province (, ) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province ...

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. Its area is 715 km², and its population is 121,028 (2022). The name ''Kırıkhan'' means "broken inn" in the

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, perhaps a reference to one of the many lodgings that once lined the road. The town stands at the intersection of the route between

İskenderun İskenderun (), historically known as Alexandretta (, ) and Scanderoon, is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 247 km2, and its population is 251,682 (2022). It is on the Mediterranean coas ...

and

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, and the major north-south road between

Antakya Antakya (), Turkish form of Antioch, is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is . Prior to the devastating 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, 2023 earthquakes, its population was recorded ...

and

Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş (), historically Marash (; ) and Germanicea (), is a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş Province, Kahramanmaraş province. After 1973, Maraş was ...

. The town was once part of the district of Belen, but became a district in its own right in 1923 at the time of the French Mandate. Kırıkhan was annexed to

in 1939 with the rest of

Hatay Hatay Province (, ) is the southernmost Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, ...

. Its average summer temperature is 32.3 °C, and its average winter temperature is 7.3 °C. The district’s major religious and touristic site is the Beyazid-i Bestami Külliyesi (Complex) on Darb-ı Sak Castle at Alabeyli village, which contains the tomb or

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Bayazid Bastami Bayazīd Ṭayfūr bin ʿĪsā bin Surūshān al-Bisṭāmī (al-Basṭāmī) (d. 261/874–5 or 234/848–9), commonly known in the Iranian world as Bāyazīd Basṭāmī (), was a Sufi from north-central Iran.Walbridge, John. "Suhrawardi a ...

. The ruined medieval Crusader castle Trapessac is situated near Kırıkhan. Kırıkhan was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes in February 2023 and subsequent aftershocks.

Composition

There are 73

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in Kırıkhan District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * 408 Evler * Abalaklı * Adalar * Aktutan * Alaybeyli * Alibeyçağıllı * Alparslan * Alsancak * Arkıtça * Aydınlı * Aygırgölü * Bahçelievler * Balarmudu * Baldıran * Barbaros * Başpınar * Bektaşlı * Çamsarı * Çamseki * Camuzkışlası * Çankaya * Çataltepe * Ceylanlı * Çiloğlanhüyüğü * Cumhuriyet * Danaahmetli * Dedeçınar * Delibekirli * Demirkonak * Fatih * Gazi * Gölbaşı * Gültepe * Gündüz * Güventaşı * Güzelce * İçada * Ilıkpınar * İncirli * Kaletepe * Kamberlikaya * Kamışlar * Kangallar * Karaçağıl * Karadurmuşlu * Karaelmaslı * Karamağara * Karamankaşı * Karataş * Kazkeli * Kızılkaya * Kodallı * Kurtlusarımazı * Kurtlusoğuksu * Kurtuluş * Mahmutlu * Menderes * Mimarsinan * Muratpaşa * Narlıhopur * Özkızılkaya * Özsoğuksu * Özyörük * Reşatlı * Saylak * Söğütlüöz * Sucuköy * Taşoluk * Topboğazı * Torun * Yalangoz * Yeni * Yılanlı

Notable people

* Nerses Pozapalian, senior bishop of the

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References

Populated places in Hatay Province Districts of Hatay Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Hatay-geo-stub