Musabeyli District
District in Kilis, Turkey
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Musabeyli District is a district of Kilis Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Musabeyli.[1] The district is mostly populated by Turks but also Kurds, Romani people and Arabs.[2] It had a total population of 12,390 in 2022.[3] Its area is 346 km2.[4]
Musabeyli District | |
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Map showing Musabeyli District in Kilis Province | |
  Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 36°53′11″N 36°55′6″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kilis |
| Seat | Musabeyli |
Area | 346 km2 (134 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 12,390 |
| • Density | 35.8/km2 (92.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www |
Composition
There is one municipality in Musabeyli District:[1]
There are 46 villages in Musabeyli District:[5]
- Ağcakent
- Aşağıbademli
- Aşağıkalecik
- Balıklı
- Belentepe
- Bozkaya
- Çayıraltı
- Çınarköy
- Dorucak
- Dutluca
- Fericek
- Fırlaklı
- Geçitboyu
- Gökmusa
- Gözlüce
- Gündeğer
- Hacılar
- Hasancalı
- Haydarlar
- Hüseyinoğlu
- Karadut
- Karbeyaz
- Kayapınar
- Kaynaklı
- Kızılkent
- Koçcağız
- Kolpınar
- Körahmethüyüğü
- Kozlubağ
- Kurtaran
- Kürtüncü
- Madenyolu
- Sabanlı
- Şenlikçe
- Tahtalıkaradut
- Tokaçgemriği
- Topallar
- Üçpınar
- Uğurtepe
- Yastıca
- Yedigöz
- Yeşiloba
- Yukarıbademli
- Yukarıkalecik
- Yuvabaşı
- Zeytinbağı
History
Out of the 74 settlements he listed in the Ottoman nahiyah of Musabekli, 19th-century traveler Martin Hartmann noted 41 as Turkish (with a total of 554 households), 25 as Kurdish (247 households), 1 as Turkish and Abdal mixed (10 households), and 7 without any information on the population.[6]
