Afşin district

Summary

Afşin district is a town^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Afşin district is located in Kahramanmaraş Province^[3].
• Afşin district is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Afşin district's image is recorded as Afşin - panoramio.jpg^[5].
• Afşin district's continent is recorded as Asia^[6].
• Afşin district's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Afşin district's instance of is recorded as district of Turkey^[8].
• Afşin district's capital is recorded as Afşin^[9].
• Afşin district's official language is recorded as Turkish^[10].
• Afşin district's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136260279^[11].
• Afşin district's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2006204896^[12].
• Afşin district's postal code is recorded as 46500^[13].
• Afşin district's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1341117^[14].
• Afşin district's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[15].
• Afşin district's located in time zone is recorded as time in Turkey^[16].
• +1944-09-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Afşin district^[17].
• Afşin district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.24644, 'lon': 36.91862}^[18].
• Afşin district's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bytdt^[19].
• Afşin district's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Afşin^[20].
• Afşin district's population is recorded as {'amount': '+81423'}^[21].
• Afşin district's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[22].
• Afşin district's category for people born here is recorded as Q9228306^[23].
• Afşin district's GeoNames ID is recorded as 8631480^[24].
• Afşin district's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1230'}^[25].
• Afşin district's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1220'}^[26].
• Afşin district's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1502'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Afşin district is in the country of Turkey^[4]. It is located in Kahramanmaraş Province^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Asia^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Afşin district's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1502'}^[27]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1230'}^[25] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1220'}^[26]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+81423'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[7] and district of Turkey^[8].

History and Context

+1944-09-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Afşin district^[17].

Why It Matters

Afşin district ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]