Pazarcık

Pazarcık
District and municipality
Map showing Pazarcık District in Kahramanmaraş Province
Map showing Pazarcık District in Kahramanmaraş Province
Pazarcık is located in Turkey
Pazarcık
Pazarcık
Location within Turkey
Coordinates: 37°29′22″N 37°17′48″E / 37.48944°N 37.29667°E / 37.48944; 37.29667
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKahramanmaraş
Government
 • MayorHaydar İkizer (CHP)
Area
1,253 km2 (484 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
70,173
 • Density56.00/km2 (145.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
46700
Area code0344
Websitewww.pazarcik.bel.tr

Pazarcık (Kurdish: Bazarcix[2]) is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,253 km2,[4] and its population is 70,173 (2022).[1] It is in the southeastern part of the province. The cement plant is a major source of greenhouse gas.[5] The town is home to a large Alevi Kurdish[6] population and also includes Abdals of the Kara Hüseyinler tribe.[7]

On 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Pazarcık.[8]

Composition

There are 84 neighbourhoods in Pazarcık District:[9]

Notable natives

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Erkılıç, Jiyan (14 May 2023). "Li Bazarcixê hilbijêran di konteyniran de dengên xwe dan" [Voters cast their votes in containers in Bazarcix]. Bianet (in Kurdish). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  3. ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Emissions Map". Climate TRACE. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  6. ↑ Pekesen, Berna (2020). Turkey in Turmoil: Social Change and Political Radicalization during the 1960s. Turkey during the 1960's : social change and political radicalization, Universität Hamburg. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. p. 159. ISBN 978-3-11-065039-6.
  7. ↑ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 231.
  8. ↑ "Turkey-Syria earthquake: Death toll passes 11,000". Deutsche Welle. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  9. ↑ Mahalle Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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