Doğanşehir

Doğanşehir (Kurdish: Wêranşar/Mûhacîr,[2] formerly known as Muhacir and Viranşehir[3]) is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 1,364 km2,[5] and its population is 37,697 (2022).[1] The mayor is Durali Zelyurt (AKP). Historically the city was known as Sozopetra (Greek: Σωζόπετρα).

Doğanşehir
District and municipality
Map showing Doğanşehir District in Malatya Province
Map showing Doğanşehir District in Malatya Province
Doğanşehir is located in Turkey
Doğanşehir
Doğanşehir
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°05′45″N 37°52′45″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMalatya
Government
 • MayorDurali Zelyurt (AKP)
Area
1,364 km2 (527 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
37,697
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
44500
Area code0422
Websitewww.dogansehir.bel.tr

Geography

The altitude of the town is 1,290 meters 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.

Composition

There are 39 neighbourhoods in Doğanşehir District:[6]

  • Altıntop
  • Beğre
  • Bıçakcı
  • Çavuşlu
  • Çığlık
  • Çömlekoba
  • Dedeyazı
  • Doğu
  • Elmalı
  • Erkenek
  • Esentepe
  • Eskiköy
  • Fındıkköy
  • Gövdeli
  • Günedoğru
  • Gürobası
  • Güzelköy
  • Hudut
  • Kadılı
  • Kapıdere
  • Karanlıkdere
  • Karaterzi
  • Karşıyaka
  • Kelhalil
  • Küçüklü
  • Kurucaova
  • Örencik
  • Polat
  • Polatderesi
  • Reşadiye
  • Şatırobası
  • Savaklı
  • Söğüt
  • Suçatı
  • Sürgü
  • Topraktepe
  • Yeni
  • Yolkoru
  • Yuvalı

History

The 2nd-century geographer Claudius Ptolemy records the city as Zizoatra (Greek: Ζιζόατρα),[7] part of the province (strategia) of Lauiansene in Cappadocia.[8] In Byzantine times, it was known as Sozopetra (Σωζόπετρα) and Zapetra (Ζάπετρα, Zibatra in Arabic).[8]

Economy

Significant improvements in the fruit industry has made agriculture the District's most important source of income. It includes apricots and an increase in the production of apples. Livestock is usually farmed in the village. Both the district and the villages of central and traditional values, importance is given to local custom. Tourism, mountaineering and monitoring local wildlife are also new attractions.

Transport

Doğanşehir has a railway station on the line from Malatya to Adana. State road D.850 passes through the district.

See also

References
  1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. "Doğanşehir". Nisanyan Yeradları. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  8. E. Honigmann: Σωζόπετρα.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. III A,1, Stuttgart 1927, col. 1256.

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