Kahramanmaraş Province

Kahramanmaraş (; or simply Maraş Province) is a province o Turkey. Its provincial caipital is Kahramanmaraş ceety, the traffeck code is 46.

Geography
Kahramanmaraş is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

Destricts
Kahramanmaraş province is dividit intae 10 destricts:
Afşin
Andırın
Çağlayancerit
Ekinözü
Elbistan
Göksun
Kahramanmaraş
Nurhak
Pazarcık
Türkoğlu

History

Kahramanmaraş wis kent historically as Maraş an wis a dounset syne pre-historic times.

The ceety received tae title o Kahraman (Heroic) frae the Turkis Grand Naitional Assembly (TBMM) for the heroic struggle bi the local ceevilian population against the occupyin Breetish an then French airmed forces efter the First Warld War (see Sütçü İmam Incident  ). It wis ane o the first "free" towns efter Warld War I.

Economy

Maraş haes historically been famous for its gowd.  The textile industry is relatively new an maistly machinatit.

Education

The Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University  is a recently foondit varsity supplyin social, leid an technical sciences as well as medical eddication.

Cuisine

The province's maist famous culinary speciality is the ice cream, "Maraş ice cream", available in specialist ice cream shops throughoot Turkey. The ice cream haes an elastic consistency an is served wi knife an fork, aften accompanied bi a slice o baklava. It melts in your mooth while you chew it, seemilar tae bubble gum.

Maraş red peppers are an aa weel kent for its aroma, Vitamin C content, an moderate hotness. Maraş pepper is different frae far-east chilies as dried wi support o Scienteefic Investigations an Varsities which contains nae aflatoxin an nae diseases.

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References

 Freemit airtinss 

 Kahramanmaraş Weather Forecast Information 
 Kahramanmaraş Ceety Portal 

Category:Provinces o Turkey
Kahramanmaraş Province
Category:Category:Mediterranean Region, Turkey