Nurdağı () is a municipality and
district
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of
Gaziantep Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 697 km
2, and its population is 41,322 (2022).
Nurdağı is west of the city of
Gaziantep
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.
A
magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck from Nurdağı on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the district and around 2,500 deaths. Mass graves were created to bury the overwhelming number of dead in the area.
Composition
There are 48
neighbourhoods
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in Nurdağı District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Alpaslan Türkeş
* Altınova
* Aslanlı
* Ataköy
* Atatürk
* Atmalı
* Bademli
* Bahçelievler
* Balıkalan
* Başpınar
* Belpınar
* Çakmak
* Demirler
* DurmuÅŸlar
* Emirler
* Esenyurt
* Fatih
* Gedikli
* Gökçedere
* Gözlühüyük
* Hamidiye
* Hisar
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* İçerisu
* Ä°kizkuyu
* Ä°ncegedik
* Ä°ncirli
* Karaburçlu
* Kartal
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De ...
* Kırışkal
* Kırkpınar
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* Kömürler
* Kurudere
* Kuzoluk
* M.Akif Ersoy
* Mesthüyük
* Naimler
* Nogaylar
* Olucak
* Sakçagözü
* Şatırhüyük
* Sayburun
* Tandırlı
* Terken
* Torunlar
* Tüllüce
* Yavuz Selim
* Yaylacık
* Yeni
References
Populated places in Gaziantep Province
Districts of Gaziantep Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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