Nurdağı

Nurdağı
Nurdağı
	Nurdağı
	Coordinates: 37°10′44″N 36°44′23″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Gaziantep
Government
• Mayor	Ökkeş Kavak (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Eşref Akça
Area [1]
• District	798.34 km2 (308.24 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
• Urban	16,947
• District	37,382
• District density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Post code	27970
Website	www.nurdagi.bel.tr

Nurdağı is a town[3] of Gaziantep Province of Turkey. Nurdağı is 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of the city of Gaziantep. The population was 40,793 as of 2020.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Nurdağı on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the town and around 2,500 deaths.[4][5] Mass graves were created to bury the overwhelming number of dead in the area.[6]

References

"Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
"Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
"Gaziantep (Turkey): Districts, Cities, Towns and Villages - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
"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.

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

[3] "Gaziantep (Turkey): Districts, Cities, Towns and Villages - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[4] "Nurdağı'ndaki hasar havadan görüntülendi" (in Turkish). TRT Haber. 2023-02-08.

[5] "Gaziantep'in Nurdağı ilçesinde arama kurtarma çalışmaları" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. 2023-02-15.

[massgrave1-6] 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.