Elbistan

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Elbistan

Total population

127,755

Coordinates38.20°, 37.19°

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

Overview

Elbistan is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,201 km2, and its population is 141,307 (2022).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Vahide Aydın

Turkish-Austrian statesperson (born 1968)

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Fatih Hilmioğlu

Turkish internist (born 1954)

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Fikret Doğan

Turkish writer (born 1968)

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Sencer Şahin

Turkish archaeologist (1939–2014)

Mustafa Atıcı

Turkish-Swiss politician (born 1969)

Fidan Doğan

Kurdish activist

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Tahsin Yücel

Turkish literary critic and writer (1933–2016)

Ayşe Hatun

Concubine of Ottoman Sultan

Ali Bey, Prince of Dulkadir

Turkish khan (prince)

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Emine Hatun

Wife of Mehmed I

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Abdurrahim Karakoç

Turkish journalist and writer (1932–2012)

Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey

bey of the Dulkadir

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Erol Uğurlu

Turkish statesperson (1942–2024)

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Esat Bütün

Turkish statesperson (born 1955)

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Mehmet Çevik

Turkish actor (born 1961)

Bahaettin Karakoç

Turkish writer (1930–2018)

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

Nearby places in Kahramanmaraş

• Nurhak
  21.3 mi away · pop. 12,348
• Pazarcık
  49.6 mi away · pop. 68,187
• Leirvik
  2033.5 mi away · pop. 14,767
• Tamzoura
  2088.2 mi away · pop. 9,944
• Khedaïda
  2090.9 mi away
• Khmis
  2093.7 mi away
• Oued Sebbah
  2097.1 mi away
• Sidi Belhadri
  2101.6 mi away
• Sidi Boumediene
  2102 mi away
• Ain El Beida
  2105 mi away
• El Amria
  2105.1 mi away
• Sidi Mediouni
  2106.3 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 Elbistan

Search results from Open Library.