Arapgir

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Arapgir

Total population

10,419

Land area974 km²

Coordinates39.04°, 38.49°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Arapgir is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 987 km2, and its population is 9,964 (2022).

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

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

Abdullah Cevdet

Turkish politician and physician (1869–1932)

Z

Zehra Bilir

Turkish singer of Armenian ancestry (1913–2007)

Wasfi Tal

Prime Minister of Jordan (1919-1971)

Khajag Barsamian

Armenian archbishop

Vahagn Davtyan

Armenian writer

K

Kemal Naci Ekşi

Turkish statesperson (born 1948)

M

Metin Emiroğlu

Turkish statesperson (born 1943)

Hamdi Suat Aknar

Turkish physician (1873–1936)

Cemal Azmi

Ottoman politician

M

Mehmet Ali Aydınlar

Turkish football federation president

Aram Achekbashian

Armenian politician

R

Rasim Tekin

Turkish statesperson (1877–1939)

Hrand Yegavian

Avetis Mesuments

Armenian composer (1905–1981)

V

Vruyr Ghazarian

M

Mehmet Fahri Oral

Turkish statesperson (1911–1980)

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

Nearby places in Malatya

• Ain Dem
  1963.9 mi away
• Djebabra Doukhane
  1965.8 mi away
• Amoura Merkaz
  1966.4 mi away
• Pont l'Oued Djer
  1966.4 mi away
• Ouled Noual
  1968.8 mi away
• El Baraka
  1969.2 mi away
• Ouled Alouane
  1971.7 mi away
• Sidi Naceur
  1972.2 mi away
• Oued Zebboudj
  1972.8 mi away
• Douar Ouled Abbes
  1973.4 mi away
• Oued Hellil
  1974.5 mi away
• Djehalbia
  1977.2 mi away

Browse all places in Malatya →

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 Arapgir

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Stout magician

Saga ephippigera

Seen 2025-08-01

Eastern Montpellier Snake

Malpolon insignitus

Seen 2025-06-21

Lotus gebelia

Lotus gebelia

Seen 2023-06-15

Variable Toad

Bufotes viridis sitibundus

Seen 2022-05-06

The Hermit

Chazara briseis

Seen 2020-10-24

Lucanus ibericus

Lucanus ibericus

Seen 2018-07-27

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