Kahramanmaraş Province

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}}}}Making up 1.83 % of Turkey's land area, Kahramanmaraş is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.{{Cite web |last=GLHN |date=2022-07-23 |title=Kahramanmaraş - Coğrafya |url=https://gulhansozluk.com/kahramanmaras/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Gülhan Sözlük |language=tr}}

The majority of the province with around 60% of the total area is covered with mountains, being followed by plateaus and plains. Most of the mountains in the province is part of the Southeastern Taurus Mountain range. Due to the low tree line most of the highest areas are bare, but lower regions have forests.{{Cite web |title=Kahramanmaraş’ın Coğrafyası {{!}} Kahramanmaraş Büyükşehir Belediyesi |url=https://kahramanmaras.bel.tr/kesfedin/kahramanmarasin-cografyasi |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=kahramanmaras.bel.tr}}

Southern parts of the province has a hot-summer type Mediterranean climate (Csa), including the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş. Northern parts of the province show the characteristics of a continental climate (Dsa and Dsb). At the northernmost parts of the province lays the Elbistan Plain, where the town and district of Elbistan is located. It has a cold semi arid climate.

Ceyhan River is the most important river in the province. Lake Kumaşır, along with some small crater lakes on the Nurhak and Ahir mountains makes the only natural body of water in the province, though there are multiple dam reservoirs such as Dam Lake Menzelet.

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More than 12,600 residents of Kahramanmaraş province were killed during the 6 February 2023 earthquakes. Both earthquakes had epicenters in the province.{{cite news |last1=Nur |first1=Dilek |title=Kahramanmaraş'ta Depremlerde 12 Bin 622 Kişi Hayatını Kaybetti!|trans-title=12 Thousand 622 People Lost Their Lives in the Earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş! |url=https://www.haber46.com.tr/kahramanmarasta-depremlerde-12-bin-622-kisi-hayatini-kaybetti |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Haber46 |date=2 March 2023}} Many large towns and cities including Elbistan had buildings collapse.{{cite news |last1=Chacar |first1=Henriette |last2=Abdallah |first2=Issam |title=As hopes fade for quake survivors, people try to salvage what they can |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hopes-fade-quake-survivors-people-try-salvage-what-they-can-2023-02-13/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Reuters |date=13 February 2023}}

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Kahramanmaraş province is divided into 11 districts (İlçe):[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

• Afşin
• Andırın
• Çağlayancerit
• Dulkadiroğlu
• Ekinözü
• Elbistan
• Göksun
• Nurhak
• Onikişubat
• Pazarcık
• Türkoğlu

Air pollution in Turkey is a persistent issue and has been linked to the usage of coal-fired power plants, such as the Afşin-Elbistan power stations.{{Cite report |url=https://www.temizhavahakki.com/kararapor2020/ |title=Kara Rapor 2020: Hava Kirliliği ve Sağlık Etkileri |date=August 2020 |publisher=Right to Clean Air Platform Turkey |language=tr |trans-title=Black Report 2020: Air Pollution and Health Effects}}

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Kahramanmaraş has historically been famous for its gold. The textile industry in Kahramanmaraş has only recently developed and mainly operates through the use of machinery.

The Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University is a recently founded university supplying social, language and technical sciences as well as medical education.{{Cite web |title=Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi |url=https://www.ksu.edu.tr/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.ksu.edu.tr}}

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The province's most famous culinary specialty is Dondurma, also called "Maraş ice cream", available in specialist Ice Cream shops throughout Turkey. The ice cream has an elastic consistency and is served with knife and fork, often accompanied by a slice of baklava. It melts in the mouth while chewed, with a consistency similar to bubble gum.

Maraş red peppers ({{Langx|tr|kırmızı biber}}) are also well known for its aroma, Vitamin C content, and moderate hotness. Maraş pepper is different from far-east chilies as dried with support of Scientific Investigations and Universities which contains no aflatoxin and no diseases.

• Düzbağ

{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090227050202/http://www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/kahramanmaras/ Kahramanmaraş Weather Forecast Information]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723154331/http://www.marasliyiz.biz/ Kahramanmaraş City Portal]
• [http://marastahaber.com/ Kahramanmaraş News]

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