Kahramanmaraş Province

Kahramanmaraş Province
Location of Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey
Overview
Region:	Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Area:	14,327 (km²)
Total Population	1,034,727 TUIK 2007 (est)
Licence plate code:	46
Area code:	0344
Governor Website	http://www.kahramanmaras.gov.tr
Weather forecast	turkeyforecast.com/weather/kahramanmaras

Kahramanmaraş (or simply Maraş) is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is Kahramanmaraş city, the traffic code is 46.

Districts

Kahramanmaraş province is divided into 10 districts:

• Afşin
• Andırın
• Çağlayancerit
• Ekinözü
• Elbistan
• Göksun
• Kahramanmaraş
• Nurhak
• Pazarcık
• Türkoğlu

History

Kahramanmaraş was known historically as Maraş and was a settlement since pre-historic times.

The city received to title of Kahraman (Heroic) from the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) for the heroic struggle by the local civilian population against the occupying English and then French armed forces after the First World War (see Sütçü İmam Incident [1]). It was one of the first "free" towns after World War I.

Economy

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

Education

The Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University [2] 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 the ice cream, "Maraş ice cream", available in specialist ice cream shops throughout Turkey and the world such as MADO and Yasar Pastanesi and on tourist sites. The ice cream has an elastic consistency and is served with knife and fork, often accompanied by a slice of baklava. It melts in your mouth while you chew it, similar to bubble gum.

Maraş red peppers 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 in MUSAN which contains no aflatoxin and no diseases.

See also

• Zeitun Resistance (1895)

External links

• Kahramanmaraş Weather Forecast Information
• Kahramanmaraş City Portal

Kahramanmaraş Province (in the Mediterranean region) of Turkey Urban districts Kahramanmaraş Rural districts Afşin - Andırın - Çağlayancerit - Ekinözü - Elbistan - Göksun - Nurhak - Pazarcık - Türkoğlu Regions Provinces Aegean Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak Black Sea Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak Central Anatolia Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat Eastern Anatolia Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elazığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van Marmara Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova Mediterranean Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

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