Elbistan
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Elbistan is a big town in Kahramanmaraş Province in southern Turkey. It has a population of 128,267.
Elbistan is home to many nomadic Turks and Kurds who have emigrated to parts of Europe. The most common Elbistani names are Ali, Hasan and Huseyin.
Elbistan is known to be the biggest city of Kahramanmaraş. Many people in Elbistan have migrated to parts of Europe. Elbistan is known for its wealth and abilities. The land area is known to be very dry, but also it is where the Ceyhan river was born and irrigated to whole area. Ceyhan river is one of the biggest river in Turkey, and Elbistan steps is the fourth biggest in Turkey. So there is a huge opportunity for farming. Elbistan's Turkish and Kurdish villages are separated from each other due to past issues. There are Alevis and Sunnis and Shiites, but they live peacefuly within each other such that no problem have been reported so far.
The city used to be the capital city of the Atasoglu principality. The region was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire shortly before the campaign against the Mameluks of Egypt in 1512, although some local chiefdoms were given varying degrees of autonomy, notably around the localities of Haticepınar and Kasanlı.
[edit] Industry
There is a large lignite coalfield close to Elbistan on which there are two power stations owned and operated by Electrik Uretim AS (EUAS), Elbistan 'A' built in the 1980's which is in dire need of refurbishment due to the state of the plant and the high emissions, the other Elbistan 'B' is nearing completion (2006) and is state of the art. They are built near the small Turkish village of Afsin, on the high plateau of Elbistan in the south east of Turkey. The 'A' station should be capable of producing 1400MW in total, but due to limitations of the plant it is only capable of producing around 1000MW, but it has never managed to run all four units at the same time. In general, it is only capable of producing around 500MW at most. The second B one has a better filter system. But it's not healthy to live next to these powerplants. They are built on a lignite coalfield and near the spring wells of the river Ceyan. In June 2006 the World Bank agreed a loan to refurbish Elbistan A to achieve security of supply over the medium term.
The power station is pronounced to rank in $5(US)million annually.
 Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş Province (in the Mediterranean region) of Turkey |
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| Rural districts | Afşin - Andırın - Çağlayancerit - Ekinözü - Elbistan - Göksun - Nurhak - Pazarcık - Türkoğlu | |
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