Kahramanmaraş

city in Turkey
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Summary

Kahramanmaraş is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Kahramanmaraş draws 2,212 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #16 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kahramanmaraş Province[3]
  • Country: Turkey[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5], city[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Loviisa[7]
  • Postal code: 46000[8]
  • Commons category: Kahramanmaraş[9]
  • Licence plate code: 46[10]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[11]
  • Local dialing code: 0344[12]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Mediterranean Region[13]
  • Significant event: Siege of Germanicia[14]
  • IPA transcription: kahɾaˈmanmaɾaʃ[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kahramanmaraş[16]
  • Population: 384,953[17], 443,575[18], 412,252[19], 326,198[20], 228,129[21], 178,557[22], 210,371[23], 135,782[24], 110,761[25]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Kahramanmaraş[26]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[30], Pauly–Wissowa[31]
  • Capital of: Kahramanmaraş Province[32], Beylik of Dulkadir[33], Dulkadir eyalet[34], Principality of Philaretos Brachamios[35]
  • Structure replaces: Germanikeia[36]
  • Official name: Kahramanmaraş[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kahramanmaraş[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Q32799323[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kahramanmaraş[40]
  • Elevation above sea level: 67 m[41]
  • Area: 3017 km²[42]
  • State of conservation: preserved[43]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kahramanmaraş include Kahramanmaraş Airport[44], an airport[45], in Turkey[46].

Why It Matters

Kahramanmaraş has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Kahramanmaraş is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Kahramanmaraş include Kahramanmaraş Airport[44], an airport[45], in Turkey[46].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+03:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 10w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Structure replaces → Germanikeia
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Structure replaces: Germanicia, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Germanikeia → Germanicia ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q134520911_Q"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['marash', 'marash-turkey']
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 139890
    Biblissima authority id → Q233907
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  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1tmVjn
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  5. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
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    Facebook location id → —
    + 133 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Openweathermap city id: 310859, Moving from Kahramanmaraş"
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