Kahramanmaraş Province kurdish( tr, Kahramanmaraş ili ) is a

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. Its provincial capital is the city of

Kahramanmaraş Marash (Armenian: Մարաշ), officially Kahramanmaraş () and historically Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province. Before 1973, Kahra ...

, the

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is 46.

Geography

Kahramanmaraş is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Districts

Kahramanmaras proportional circle map population 2012

Kahramanmaraş province is divided into 10

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(İlçe): *

(Central district, soon to be split into Dulkadiroğlu and Onikişubat) *

Afşin Afşin is a town and district of Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Afşin-Elbistan power stations Two coal fired power stations are operational and are said to be damaging health via air pollution. See also *Ar ...

* Andırın * Çağlayancerit * Ekinözü * Elbistan * Göksun *

Nurhak Nurhak ( ku, Nûrheq) is a town and district of Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The district has a population of 12,323 as of 2021. Composition The district is populated by Kurds and Turks Turk or Turks may refer ...

Pazarcık Pazarcık is a town and district in the southern part of Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. The mayor Hayrettin Güngör from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected in the local elections 2019. Kaymakam is Adil Nas. The cement plan ...

Türkoğlu Türkoğlu is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 660 km2, and its population is 78,976 (2022). Composition There are 44 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australia ...

Health

Air pollution in Turkey is a chronic problem here, in part due to the coal-fired

Afşin-Elbistan power stations The Afşin-Elbistan power stations are coal-fired power stations in Afşin in Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot: Air pollution can be trapped by the surrounding mountains, and Greenpeace say th ...

Economy

Kahramanmaraş has historically been famous for its

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. The

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is relatively new and mostly machinated.

Education

The

Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Marash (Armenian: Մարաշ), officially Kahramanmaraş () and historically Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province. Before 1973, Kahrama ...

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is a recently founded university supplying social, language and technical sciences as well as medicine, medical education.

Cuisine

The province's most famous culinary speciality is Dondurma, also called " Maraş ice cream", available in specialist Ice Cream shops throughout Turkey. The ice cream has an elastic consistency and is served with knife and fork, often accompanied by a slice of

baklava Baklava (, or ; ota, باقلوا ) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey. It was one of the most popular sweet pastries of Ottoman cuisine. The pre- Ottoman origin of t ...

. It melts in the mouth while chewed, with a consistency similar to bubble gum. Maraş red peppers (called 'kırmızı biber') are also well known for its aroma,

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content, and moderate hotness. Maraş pepper is different from far-east chilies as dried with support of Scientific Investigations and Universities which contains no

aflatoxin Aflatoxins are various poisonous carcinogens and mutagens that are produced by certain molds, particularly ''Aspergillus'' species. The fungi grow in soil, decaying vegetation and various staple foodstuffs and commodities such as hay, sweetcorn ...

and no diseases.

References

External links

Kahramanmaraş Weather Forecast Information

Kahramanmaraş City Portal

Kahramanmaraş News
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