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]

Musabeyli 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

Composition

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There is one municipality in Musabeyli District:[1]

There are 46 villages in Musabeyli District:[5]

History

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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

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  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.