Afşin

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Afşin

Total population

80,138

Coordinates38.24°, 36.92°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Afşin is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,502 km2, and its population is 80,044 (2022). It is the location of the ancient town Arabissus.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Maurice

Byzantine Emperor (539-602)

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Mahzuni Şerif

Turkish poet (1940–2002)

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Peter

brother of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice

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Eudoxius of Antioch

Bishop of Constantinople from 360 to 370

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Murat Onur

Turkish association football player (born 1981)

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Kazım Kanat

Turkish journalist (1950–2008)

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Nazım Kaynak

Turkish judge (born 1947)

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İsrafil Kurtcephe

Turkish military officer (born 1958)

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Hasan Dikici

Turkish statesperson (1943–2020)

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Ferdi Konak

Turkish association football player (born 1996)

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Erhan Kara

Turkish association football player (born 1995)

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Saffet Topaktaş

Turkish statesperson (born 1953)

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Naciye Kara

Turkish association football player (born 1993)

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Mehmet Ali Kaçar

Turkish association football player (born 1998)

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Mehmet Kaan Türkmen

Turkish association football player (born 2000)

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Funda Kaya

Turkish statesperson (born 1972)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kahramanmaraş

• Nurhak
  34.5 mi away · pop. 12,348
• Pazarcık
  56.1 mi away · pop. 68,187
• Leirvik
  2023.1 mi away · pop. 14,767
• Tamzoura
  2073 mi away · pop. 9,944
• Khedaïda
  2075.7 mi away
• Khmis
  2078.6 mi away
• Oued Sebbah
  2081.9 mi away
• Sidi Belhadri
  2086.5 mi away
• Sidi Boumediene
  2086.8 mi away
• Ain El Beida
  2089.9 mi away
• El Amria
  2090 mi away
• Sidi Mediouni
  2091.1 mi away

Browse all places in Kahramanmaraş →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Afşin

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

False London-rocket

Sisymbrium loeselii

Seen 2026-08-22

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2025-09-02

Mediterranean Banded Centipede

Scolopendra cingulata

Seen 2024-05-24

Eresus lavrosii

Eresus lavrosii

Seen 2024-05-10

Mediterranean Checkered Scorpion

Aegaeobuthus gibbosus

Seen 2024-05-09

Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth

Hyles euphorbiae

Seen 2023-07-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).