Adıyaman ( ku, Semsûr) is a city and district in southeastern

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, and the capital of the

Adıyaman Province Adıyaman Province ( tr, , ku, ) is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. Adıyaman Province was part of the pro ...

. The inhabitants of the city are mostly

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Etymology

An unverified theory is that the former name of the city ''Hisn-Mansur'' derives from the name of the

Umayyad The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...

Emir Mansur ben Djawana who was killed by

Al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...

in 758. Because of the difficulty among the locals in pronouncing ''Hisn-Mansur,'' the corruption ''Semsur'' emerged. Various unverifiable theories exist for the name. Perre (5000377659)

Places of interest

There is some passing tourist trade, the main tourist attraction being

Mount Nemrut Mount Nemrut or Nemrud ( tr, Nemrut Dağı; ku, Çiyayê Nemrûdê; hy, Նեմրութ լեռ; Greek: Όρος Νεμρούτ) is a mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what ...

. *The caves of Pirin (ancient city of Perre) are . from Adiyaman. These have been used as a burial ground for thousands of years. The sights include the ruins of the city and burial caves carved into the rock. * The only active church in Adiyaman Province is located here, where it is the center of the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal vicarate of Adiyaman. It was renovated and reopened in 2012.

Climate

Adıyaman has a hot summer

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(Csa) under both the

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classification, and a dry-hot summer subtropical climate (Csa) under the Trewartha classification, with some continental characteristics. Summers are very hot and very dry. Temperatures often reach at the height of summer. The highest recorded temperature was on 30 July 2000. Winters in Adıyaman are cool to cold with heavy precipitation. Due to its inland location and relatively high altitude, frost and snow are common. The lowest recorded temperature was on 24 January 1972.

Neighbourhoods

* Ahmethoca * Akdere * Akpınar * Akyazı * Akçalı * Akıncılar * Alibey * Ardıçoluk * Atakent * Aydınlar * Ağaçkonak * Battalhüyük * Bağdere * Bağlıca * Bağpınar * Başpınar * Bebek * Bozhüyük * Boztepe * Boğazözü * Börkenek * Büklüm * Büyükkavaklı * Büyükkırıklı * Damdırmaz * Dardağan * Davuthan * Derinsu * Dişbudak * Doyran * Durak * Durukaynak * Ekinci * Elmacık * Esence * Esentepe * Eskihüsnümansur * Gökçay * Gölpınar * Gözebaşı * Gümüşkaya * Güneşli * Güzelyurt * Hacıhalil * Hasancık * Hasankendi * Karaağaç * Karagöl * Karahöyük * Karakoç * Kavak * Kayacık * Kayaönü * Kaşköy * Kemerkaya * Koruköy * Kozan * Koçali * Kuyucak * Kuşakkaya * Kömür * Kındırali * Kızılcahöyük * Kızılcapınar * Mestan * Olgunlar * Oluklu * Ormaniçi * Palanlı * Payamlı * Paşamezrası * Pınaryayla * Rezip * Sarıharman * Sarıkaya * Taşgedik * Taşpınar * Tekpınar * Toptepe * Uludam * Uzunköy * Uzunpınar * Uğurca * Yarmakaya * Yayladamı * Yaylakonak * Yazlık * Yazıbaşı * Yazıca * Yedioluk * Yenice * Yenigüven * Yeniköy * Yeşilova * Yeşiltepe * Ziyaretpayamlı * Çamgazi * Çamlıca * Çamyurdu * Çatalağaç * Çaylı * Çayırlı * Çemberlitaş * Çobandede * İncebağ * İnceler * İndere * Şerefli

References

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