Nurdağı
A district in Gaziantep, Turkey
District and municipality in Gaziantep, Turkey
37°10′44″N 36°44′23″E / 37.17889°N 36.73972°E / 37.17889; 36.73972 (2022)[1]
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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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Nurdağı in Gaziantep Province of Turkey
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