Nurdağı | |
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District and
municipality | |
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 Map showing Nurdağı District in Gaziantep Province | |
  Nurdağı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°10′44″N 36°44′23″E / 37.17889°N 36.73972°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Gaziantep |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yakup Bahar ( AKP) |
| Area | 697 km2 (269 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)
[1] | 41,322 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
| Postal code | 27840 |
| Area code | 0342 |
| Website |
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Nurdağı (pronounced [nuɾˈdaˈɯ]) is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 697 km2, [3] and its population is 41,322 (2022). [1] Nurdağı is 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of the city of Gaziantep.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Nurdağı on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the district and around 2,500 deaths. [4] [5] Mass graves were created to bury the overwhelming number of dead in the area. [6]
Composition
There are 48 neighbourhoods in Nurdağı District: [7]
- Alpaslan Türkeş
- Altınova
- Aslanlı
- Ataköy
- Atatürk
- Atmalı
- Bademli
- Bahçelievler
- Balıkalan
- Başpınar
- Belpınar
- Çakmak
- Demirler
- Durmuşlar
- Emirler
- Esenyurt
- Fatih
- Gedikli
- Gökçedere
- Gözlühüyük
- Hamidiye
- Hisar
- İçerisu
- İkizkuyu
- İncegedik
- İncirli
- Karaburçlu
- Kartal
- Kırışkal
- Kırkpınar
- Kömürler
- Kurudere
- Kuzoluk
- M.Akif Ersoy
- Mesthüyük
- Naimler
- Nogaylar
- Olucak
- Sakçagözü
- Şatırhüyük
- Sayburun
- Tandırlı
- Terken
- Torunlar
- Tüllüce
- Yavuz Selim
- Yaylacık
- Yeni
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Nurdağı'ndaki hasar havadan görüntülendi" (in Turkish). TRT Haber. 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Gaziantep'in Nurdağı ilçesinde arama kurtarma çalışmaları" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. 2023-02-15.
- ^ Tondo, L.; Narlı, D. B.; Michaelson, R.; Hezaber, H. (10 February 2023). "No room for the dead as cemeteries in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria fill up". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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