Country Turkey Website www.hassa.bel.tr Area 495 km² Province Hatay Province | Post code 31710 Elevation 430 m Local time Saturday 12:17 AM | |
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Hassa is a district of Hatay Province, Turkey on the eastern side of the Nur (Amanos) Mountains, looking towards the city of Gaziantep. It is on the Antakya-Malatya road. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hassa was part of the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. Hassa was a district in Cebel-i Bereket Province from 1923 to 1933 and then a part of Gaziantep Province until 1939.
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Map of Hassa, Hatay, Turkey
Hassa is an olive-growing district. The trees were first brought there by Ottoman governor Derviş Paşa in the late 19th century.
Demography
Hassa is a Sunni Turkmen district of Hatay province.
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Hassa, Hatay Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA