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Doğanşehir

Coordinates: 38°05′45″N 37°52′45″E / 38.09583°N 37.87917°E / 38.09583; 37.87917
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Doğanşehir
Doğanşehir is located in Turkey
Doğanşehir
Doğanşehir
Coordinates: 38°05′45″N 37°52′45″E / 38.09583°N 37.87917°E / 38.09583; 37.87917
Country Turkey
ProvinceMalatya
Government
 • MayorDurali Zelyurt (AKP)
 • KaymakamMehmet Kılıç
Area
[1]
 • District1,239.61 km2 (478.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
11,077
 • District
40,832
 • District density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Post code
445xx
Websitewww.dogansehir.bel.tr

Doğanşehir, (Kurdish: Wêranşar/Mûhacîr,[3] formerly known as Muhacir and Viranşehir[4] is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[5] Its area is 1,364 km2,[6] and its population is 37,697 (2022).[7] The mayor is Durali Zelyurt (AKP). Historically the city was known as Sozopetra (Greek: Σωζόπετρα).

Geography

The altitude of the town is 1,290 meters above mean sea level. Both plains and mountains are part of the landscape. It borders Çelikhan District to the east, Adıyaman District to the southeast, Tut District to the south, Gölbaşı District to the southwest, Nurhak and Elbistan to the west, Akçadağ to the north and Yeşilyurt to the northeast. The reservoirs at Polat Dam and Sürgü Dam are situated in the district.

History

The 2nd-century geographer Claudius Ptolemy records the city as Zizoatra (Greek: Ζιζόατρα), part of the province (strategia) of Lauiansene in Cappadocia.[8] In Byzantine times, it was known as Sozopetra (Σωζόπετρα) and Zapetra (Ζάπετρα, Zibatra in Arabic).[8]

Economy

Significant improvements in the fruit industry has made agriculture the District's most important source of income. It includes apricots and an increase in the production of apples. Livestock is usually farmed in the village. Both the district and the villages of central and traditional values, importance is given to local custom. Tourism, mountaineering and monitoring local wildlife are also new attractions.

Transport

Doğanşehir has a railway station on the line from Malatya to Adana. State road D.850 passes through the district.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Doğanşehir". Nisanyan Yeradları. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b E. Honigmann: Σωζόπετρα.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. III A,1, Stuttgart 1927, col. 1256.

External sources

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