Kahramanmaraş Province




Province of Turkey in Mediterranean, Turkey




















Kahramanmaraş Province


Kahramanmaraş ili

Province of Turkey

Location of Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey
Location of Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey

CountryTurkey
RegionMediterranean
SubregionHatay
Government

 • Electoral district
Kahramanmaraş
Area

 • Total14,327 km2 (5,532 sq mi)
Population
(2010)[1]

 • Total1,112,634
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Area code(s)0344
Vehicle registration46

Kahramanmaraş Province (Turkish: Kahramanmaraş ili) is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, the traffic code is 46.




Contents





  • 1 Geography


  • 2 Districts


  • 3 Economy


  • 4 Education


  • 5 Cuisine


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Geography


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



Districts




The population of the province in 2012.


Kahramanmaraş province is divided into 10 districts (İlçe):



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

  • Afşin

  • Andırın

  • Çağlayancerit

  • Ekinözü

  • Elbistan

  • Göksun

  • Nurhak

  • Pazarcık

  • Türkoğlu


Economy


Kahramanmaraş has historically been famous for its gold. The textile industry is relatively new and mostly machinated.



Education


The Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University [1] is a recently founded university supplying social, language and technical sciences as well as 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. 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, Vitamin C 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 and no diseases.



See also


  • Düzbağ


References




  1. ^ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces




External links


  • Kahramanmaraş Weather Forecast Information

  • Kahramanmaraş City Portal

  • Kahramanmaraş News



Coordinates: 37°53′54″N 36°58′16″E / 37.89833°N 36.97111°E / 37.89833; 36.97111







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