Yavuzeli
| Yavuzeli | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Gaziantep | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 19 ' N , 37 ° 34' E | |||
| Height : | 650 m | |||
| Residents : | 3,686 (2012) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 342 | |||
| Postal code : | 27900 | |||
| License plate : | 27 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | ||||
| Mayor : | Mustafa Kemal Sakaroğlu ( AKP ) | |||
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| Yavuzeli County | ||||
| Residents : | 21,200 (2012) | |||
| Surface: | 486 km² | |||
| Population density : | 44 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Ömer Faruk Güngen | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Yavuzeli (formerly Cingifedir ; from Kurdish جينكيفه Cîngîfe ) is a city and at the same time the name of a district in the Turkish province of Gaziantep in south- eastern Anatolia . The city of Yavuzeli has 3,686 and the district 21,200 inhabitants (as of 2012). Yavuzeli is located in the southeast of the province and borders the provinces of Adıyaman , Kahramanmaraş and Şanlıurfa .
The city was raised to the rank of capital of a district in 1958 and named after Yavuz Sultan Selim , who stopped here in 1517 during a campaign. The Rum Kalesi castle ruins are located on the Euphrates on the border with Şanlıurfa .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento of November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed November 9, 2014
