Araban
| Araban | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Gaziantep | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 25 ' N , 37 ° 42' E | |||
| Height : | 610 m | |||
| Residents : | 10,063 (2012) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 342 | |||
| Postal code : | 27550 | |||
| License plate : | 27 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | ||||
| Mayor : | Fatma Şahin ( AKP ) | |||
| Website: | ||||
| Araban County | ||||
| Residents : | 32,091 (2012) | |||
| Surface: | 568 km² | |||
| Population density : | 56 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Serhat Karabektaş | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Araban ( Kurdish کەلە Kele ) is a city and also the name of a district in the Turkish province of Gaziantep in southeastern Anatolia . The city of Araban has 10,063 and the district 32,091 inhabitants (as of 2012). Araban is located in the north of the province and borders the provinces of Adıyaman , Kahramanmaraş and Şanlıurfa . The city is located on the Araban Plain near the Euphrates and Karasu rivers . The core of the city of Araban is the fortress Raban, which is also called Kale-i Zerrin and is the name of the city.
Attractions
- The Altıntaş settlement mound
- A Roman bridge over the Karasu
- Roman monumental tombs in the villages of Elif, Hisar and Hasanoğlu
- The late Hittite rock relief on Karasu
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento of November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed November 9, 2014
