Afşin
Afşin is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,502 km2, and its population is 80,044. It is the location of the ancient town Arabissus.
- Town with about 81,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,220 metres (4,000 feet)
- Description: district of Kahramanmaraş, southern Turkey
- Also known as“Afşin district”“Yarpus”
- Historically known as“Arabissos”“Efsus”“Ephesós”“Yarpuz”
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Latitude
38.24386° or 38° 14′ 38″ north
Longitude
36.91529° or 36° 54′ 55″ east
Open location code
8GCR6WV8+G4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Adyghe to Western Panjabi—“Afşin” goes by many names.
АфщинAdyghe
افشینArabic
AfşinAsturian
Afşin (distritu)Asturian
AfşinCebuano
Afşin İlçesiCebuano
АфшинChechen
阿夫欣Chinese
AfşinDutch
AfşinEwe
AfşinGagauz
أفشينGilaki
أفشين (شأر)Gilaki
AfşinIrish
Distretto di AfşinItalian
AvşînKurdish
Avşîn, MaraşKurdish
Avşîn, MereşKurdish
AfşinMalay
افشینMazanderani
افشین (شهر)Mazanderani
AfşinMin Nan Chinese
AfşinMinangkabau
AfşinNorwegian
AfşinNorwegian Bokmål
AfşinNorwegian Nynorsk
افشینPersian
افشین (شهر)Persian
AfşinPolish
AfşinRomanian
АфшинRussian
АфшинSerbian
افشینSouth Azerbaijani
AfşinSwahili
АфшинTatar
AfşinTurkish
Afşin İlçesiTurkish
Afşin, MaraşTurkish
ArabissosTurkish
YarpuzTurkish
АфшінUkrainian
افشینUrdu
AfşinVietnamese
ԵարփուզWestern Armenian
АфшинWestern Mari
ضلع افشنWestern Panjabi
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