Karkamış District

Karkamış District is a district of Gaziantep Province of Turkey. Its administrative seat is the town Karkamış.[1] It had a population of 9,379 in 2022.[2]

Karkamış District
District
Map showing Karkamış District in Gaziantep Province
Karkamış District
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 36°50′2″N 37°59′49″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceGaziantep
SeatKarkamış
Population
 (2022)
9,379
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Websitewww.karkamis.gov.tr

Demographics

The district is mostly populated by Turkmens from the Barak tribe,[3] which inhabits all villages in the district while sharing some with other groups.[4] Arabs are also found in the town of Karkamış and two villages.[5]

Villages

List of villages in Karkamış District:

  1. Akçaköy
  2. Alaçalı
  3. Alagöz
  4. Arıkdere
  5. Ayyıldız
  6. Balaban
  7. Beşkılıç
  8. Çiftlik
  9. Eceler
  10. Elifoğlu
  11. Erenyolu
  12. Gürçay
  13. Karacurun
  14. Karanfil
  15. Kelekli
  16. Kepirler
  17. Kıvırcık
  18. Korkmazlar
  19. Kuruyazı
  20. Öncüler
  21. Örmetaş
  22. Savaş
  23. Soylu
  24. Subağı
  25. Şenlik
  26. Teketaşı
  27. Tosunlu
  28. Türkyurdu
  29. Yarımca
  30. Yaşar
  31. Yazır
  32. Yeşerti
  33. Yolağzı
  34. Yurtbağı
  35. Zührecik

References
  1. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 282.
  4. Avcı, Cevdet (2015). GAZİANTEP BARAKLARI ANONİM HALK EDEBİYATI VE HALK KÜLTÜRÜ ARAŞTIRMASI (PDF) (Thesis). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. Açat, Yaşar (2018). Türkiye'de Konuşulan Arap Diyalektleri (in Turkish). Akdem Yayınları. p. 105.
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