Gaziantep Province
province in south-central Turkey
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Summary
Gaziantep Province is a province of Turkey[1]. It draws 705 Wikipedia views per month (province of turkey category, ranking #24 of 81).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Turkey[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Continent: Asia[5]
- Capital: Gaziantep[6]
- Official language: Turkish[7]
- Shares border with: Kahramanmaraş Province[8], Adıyaman Province[9], Şanlıurfa Province[10], Kilis Province[11], Aleppo Governorate[12], Hatay Province[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Araban district[14], Gaziantep[15], İslahiye[16], Karkamış district[17], Nizip[18], Nurdağı[19], Oğuzeli district[20], Şahinbey district[21], Şehitkâmil district[22], Yavuzeli[23], Nurdağı district[24], Nizip district[25], Yavuzeli district[26], İslahiye district[27]
- Postal code: 27000–27999[28]
- Part of: Gaziantep Subregion[29]
- Commons category: Gaziantep Province[30]
- Licence plate code: 27[31]
- Official website: http://www.gaziantep.gov.tr/ilimiz-gaziantep[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gaziantep Province[33]
- Population: 2,164,134[34]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Gaziantep Province[35]
- Present in work: Civilization V[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gaziantep Province[37]
- Number of households: 575,598[38]
- Female population: 928,027[39]
- Male population: 942,670[40]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Gaziantep Province[41]
- Name in kana: ガズィアンテプ[42]
- Elevation above sea level: 843 m[43]
- Area: 6000 km²[44], 6803 km²[45]
- Life expectancy: 78.29[46], 78.25[47], 78.23[48], 78.91[49], 77.67[50]
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Climate and Environment
Gaziantep Province's Köppen climate classification is recorded as hot-summer Mediterranean climate[51].
Why It Matters
Gaziantep Province has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]