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Doğanşehir

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Doğanşehir

Total population

38,972

Coordinates38.09°, 37.88°

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City facts

Official website
www.dogansehir.bel.tr

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Overview

Doğanşehir is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,364 km2, and its population is 37,697 (2022). The mayor is Memet Bayram (CHP). Historically the city was known as Sozopetra.

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History & geography

History

The 2nd-century geographer Claudius Ptolemy records the city as Zizoatra (), part of the province () of Lauiansene in Cappadocia. In Byzantine times, it was known as Sozopetra () and Zapetra (, in Arabic).

Geography

The altitude of the town is 1,290 meters (4232 feet) above mean sea level. Both plains and mountains are part of the landscape. It borders Çelikhan District to the east, Adıyaman District to the southeast, Tut District to the south, Gölbaşı District to the southwest, Nurhak and Elbistan to the west, Akçadağ to the north and Yeşilyurt to the northeast. The reservoirs at Polat Dam and Sürgü Dam are situated in the district. Doğanşehir has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen: Dsa) with hot, dry summers, and cold, snowy winters.

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Geography

Latitude
38.0934
Longitude
37.8784
Water area
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Notable people from here

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Ömer Lütfü Topal
Turkish drug trafficker (1942–1996)
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Mehmet Budak
Turkish association football player (born 1980)
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Sedat Doğan
Turkish statesperson (born 1950)
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Ahmet Hulusi Kırım
Turkish jurist (born 1949)
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Yalçın Karatepe
Turkish economist (born 1964)

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Nearby places in Malatya

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.95
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,805

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
155
Avg daily Wikipedia views
5
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Doğanşehir

Malatya, 1830-1919
Malatya, 1830-1919
Adnan Işık · 1998
Balıyan
H. Nedim Şahhüseyinoğlu · 1996
Geological development of Anatolia and the easternmost Mediterranean Region
A. H. F. Robertson · 2013

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Sources

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  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image