Muş Province
province of Turkey
39°00′02″N 41°49′38″E / 39.00056°N 41.82722°E Muş Province (Turkish: Muş ili) is a province in eastern Turkey. It is 8,196 km² in area, and has a population of 406,886 according to a 2010 estimate. The population was 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş. Another town in Muş province, Malazgirt (Manzikert), is famous for the Battle of Manzikert of 1071. The majority of the province's population is Kurdish.[1]
Districts change
Muş province is divided into 6 districts (capital district in bold):
References change
- ↑ Watts, Nicole F. (2010). Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-295-99050-7.
Other websites change
- Governor's web site.
- Muş Weather Forecast Information Archived 2005-12-26 at the Wayback Machine