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Kahramanmaraş Province

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Country
  
Turkey

Subregion
  
Hatay

Capital
  
Kahramanmaraş

Region
  
Mediterranean

Vehicle registration
  
46

Area code
  
344

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University
  
Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University

Team
  
Kahramanmaraş Büyükşehir Belediyespor

Points of interest
  
Kahramanmaraş Kalesi, Kahramanmaras Museum, KATİP HAN, Başkonuş Yaylası, Lunapark

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Kahramanmaraş Province (Turkish: Kahramanmaraş ili ) is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, the traffic code is 46.

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Map of Kahramanmara%C5%9F, Turkey

Geography

Kahramanmaraş is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Districts

Kahramanmaraş province is divided into 10 districts (İlçe):

  • Kahramanmaraş (Central district, soon to be split into Dulkadiroğlu and Onikişubat)
  • Afşin
  • Andırın
  • Çağlayancerit
  • Ekinözü
  • Elbistan
  • Göksun
  • Nurhak
  • Pazarcık
  • Türkoğlu
  • Economy

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

    Education

    The Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University [1] 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 Dondurma, also called "Maraş ice cream", available in specialist Ice Cream shops throughout Turkey. The ice cream has an elastic consistency and is served with knife and fork, often accompanied by a slice of baklava. It melts in the mouth while chewed, with a consistency similar to bubble gum.

    Maraş red peppers (called 'kırmızı biber') 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 which contains no aflatoxin and no diseases.

    References

    Kahramanmaraş Province Wikipedia