Musabeyli District

Musabeyli District
District
Map showing Musabeyli District in Kilis Province
Map showing Musabeyli District in Kilis Province
Musabeyli District is located in Turkey
Musabeyli District
Musabeyli District
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 36°53′11″N 36°55′6″E / 36.88639°N 36.91833°E / 36.88639; 36.91833
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKilis
SeatMusabeyli
Area
346 km2 (134 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
12,390
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.musabeyli.gov.tr

Musabeyli District is a district of Kilis Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Musabeyli.[1] The district is mostly populated by Turks but also Kurds, Romani people and Arabs.[2] It had a total population of 12,390 in 2022.[3] Its area is 346 km2.[4]

Composition

There is one municipality in Musabeyli District:[1]

There are 46 villages in Musabeyli District:[5]

History

Out of the 74 settlements he listed in the Ottoman nahiyah of Musabekli, 19th-century traveler Martin Hartmann noted 41 as Turkish (with a total of 554 households), 25 as Kurdish (247 households), 1 as Turkish and Abdal mixed (10 households), and 7 without any information on the population.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ Erberdi, Ebru. "Farklı kültürden insanların yaşadığı ilçe: Musabeyli". Sözcü. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) - Results of 31 December 2022" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  5. ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. pp. 100–101. Retrieved 30 November 2022.


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