Åžehitkamil is a municipality and
district
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of
Gaziantep Province
Gaziantep Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,290 km
2, and its population is 857,167 (2022).
It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of
Gaziantep
Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...
and the adjacent countryside. It contains the old city, including
Gaziantep Castle, as well as the
University of Gaziantep.
On 20 August 2012,
a bomb attack occurred, killing at least eight and wounding 64 people.
Åžehitkamil was the
epicenter
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Determination
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of the 7.8
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
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, which heavily damaged the district, including its landmarks.
Composition
There are 123
neighbourhoods
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in Åžehitkamil District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* 15 Temmuz
* 29 Ekim
* 8 Åžubat
* Acaroba
* Ağaçlıboyno
* Akçaburç
* Akçagöze
* Aktoprak
* Alparslan
* Aşağıarıl
* Atabek
* Atalar
* Atatürk
* Bağbaşı
* Batıkent
* Battal
* Bayatlı
* Bedirköy
* Belkıs
* Beykent
* Beylerbeyi
* Beyreli
* Bilek
* Boyno
* Bozobası
* Budak
* Burak
* Büyükpınar
* Çağkuyu
* Çamlıtepe
* Cerityeniyapan
* Çıksorut
* Değirmiçem
* Dımışkılı
* Dülük
* Dündarlı
* Durnalık
* Erikli
* EskiÅŸarkaya
* Eydibaba
* Eyüpsultan
* FevzipaÅŸa
* Fıstıklık
* Gazikent
* Gaziler
* Göksüncük
* Göktürk
* Göllüce
* Günbulur
* Güngürge
* Güvenevler
* Hacıbaba
* Ä°brahimli
* Ä°brahimÅŸehir
* Ä°ncesu
* Işıklı
* Ä°skenderli
* Kabasakız
* Karacaahmet
* Karacaburç
* KaracaoÄŸlan
* Karacaören
* Karadede
* Karahüyük
* Karakesek
* Karayusuflu
* Karpuzkaya
* Karşıyaka
* Kayaönü
* Kızıkhamurkesen
* Kızık Karasakal
* Koçlu
* Köksalan
* Kozluyazı
* Küllü
* Medegöz
* MerveÅŸehir
* Mevlana
* Mücahitler
* Nesimi
* Öğümsöğüt
* Onat Kutlar
* Osmangazi
* Övündük
* Pancarlı
* Pirsultan
* Sacır
* SafaÅŸehir
* Sam
* Sanayi
* Sancaktepe
* Sarıgüllük
* Sarılar
* Selahattin Eyyübi
* Selimiye
* Serintepe
* Seymenli
* Seyrantepe
* Sinan
* Åžirinevler
* Sofalıcı
* SuboÄŸaz
* Sülüklü
* Taşlıca
* Tekirsin
* Tokdemir
* TuÄŸlu
* Türkyurdu
* Üçgöze
* UÄŸruca
* Ãœlkerli
* Ulus
* Umut
* Yalankoz
* Yamaçoba
* Yaprak
* Yayıktaş
* YeniÅŸarkaya
* YeÅŸilce
* YeÅŸilova
* Yığınlı
* Yukarıarıl
* Zülfikar
See also
* Gazikentspor, women's football team promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League for the 2014–15 season.
References
Districts of Gaziantep Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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