Osmaniye Province

Province in Turkey

Osmaniye Province

Osmaniye ili

Province

Castle of Amouda

Location of the province within Turkey

Country| Turkey
Seat| Osmaniye
Government

• Governor| Erdinç Yılmaz

Area

| 3,320 km2 (1,280 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 559,405
• Density| 170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code| 0328
Website| www.osmaniye.gov.tr

Osmaniye Province (Turkish: Osmaniye ili) is a province in south-central Turkey. It was named Cebel-i Bereket (lit. 'Fertile Mountain') in the early republic until 1933, when it was incorporated into Adana Province. It was made a province again in 1996.[2][3] Its area is 3,320 km2,[4] and its population is 559,405 (2022).[1] The province is situated in Çukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region. The capital of the province is Osmaniye. Other major towns include Kadirli and Düziçi.

## Geography

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Köppen map of Osmaniye Province and surrounding regions:[5]

* Csa

* Csb

* Dsa

* Dsb

Osmaniye Province is mainly under hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) according to Köppen climate classification system.

## Districts

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Osmaniye districts

Osmaniye province is divided into 7 districts (capital district in bold):[6]

* Bahçe
* Düziçi
* Hasanbeyli
* Kadirli
* Osmaniye
* Sumbas
* Toprakkale

## Historical sites and ruins

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* Karatepe
* Kastabala ancient city
* Toprakkale Castle
* Harun Reşit Kalesi
* Kırk Kapı Kilisesi, a church
* Ala Mosque, a mosque

## Notable people

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* Yaşar Kemal, Turkish-Kurdish writer and human rights activist
* Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish politician and current leader of Nationalist Movement Party
* Samet Aybaba, Football manager
* Ahmet Yıldırım, Football manager

## Festivals

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* Karakucak Wrestling Festival \- Kadirli (25–26 May)

## Gallery

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* Ancient city of Hierapolis Castabala in Osmaniye

* Karatepe historic site

* A view from the city of Osmaniye

* A flowering plant of Nerium oleander in Kesmeburun

* Corn field and irrigation canal

## See also

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Çukurova

## References

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1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. ^ Kanun No. 4200, Resmî Gazete, 28 October 1996.
3. ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 69. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
4. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
5. ^ "Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution". Nature Scientific Data. DOI:10.1038/sdata.2018.214.
6. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osmaniye Province.

* (in Turkish) Osmaniye governor's official website
* (in Turkish) Osmaniye municipality's official website
* (in Turkish) Osmaniye Haber[usurped]
* (in English) Osmaniye weather forecast information
* (in Turkish) TÜİK announced, the population of Osmaniye will be 557 thousand 666 in 2023
* Osmaniye 2023 population data

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Osmaniye Province of Turkey

Districts|

* Bahçe
* Düziçi
* Hasanbeyli
* Kadirli
* Osmaniye
* Sumbas
* Toprakkale

Districts of Osmaniye

List of provinces by region

Istanbul|

* Istanbul

West Marmara|

* Balıkesir
* Çanakkale
* Edirne
* Kırklareli
* Tekirdağ

Aegean|

* Afyonkarahisar
* Aydın
* Denizli
* İzmir
* Kütahya
* Manisa
* Muğla
* Uşak

East Marmara|

* Bilecik
* Bursa
* Düzce
* Eskişehir
* Kocaeli
* Sakarya
* Yalova

West Anatolia|

* Ankara
* Karaman
* Konya

Mediterranean|

* Adana
* Antalya
* Burdur
* Hatay
* Isparta
* Kahramanmaraş
* Mersin
* Osmaniye

Central Anatolia|

* Aksaray
* Kayseri
* Kırıkkale
* Kırşehir
* Nevşehir
* Niğde
* Sivas
* Yozgat

West Black Sea|

* Amasya
* Bartın
* Bolu
* Çankırı
* Çorum
* Karabük
* Kastamonu
* Samsun
* Sinop
* Tokat
* Zonguldak

East Black Sea|

* Artvin
* Giresun
* Gümüşhane
* Ordu
* Rize
* Trabzon

Northeast Anatolia|

* Ağrı
* Ardahan
* Bayburt
* Erzincan
* Erzurum
* Iğdır
* Kars

Central East Anatolia|

* Bingöl
* Bitlis
* Elazığ
* Hakkâri
* Malatya
* Muş
* Tunceli
* Van

Southeast Anatolia|

* Adıyaman
* Batman
* Diyarbakır
* Gaziantep
* Kilis
* Mardin
* Siirt
* Şanlıurfa
* Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

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* Adana
* Adıyaman
* Afyonkarahisar
* Ağrı
* Aksaray
* Amasya
* Ankara
* Antalya
* Ardahan
* Artvin
* Aydın
* Balıkesir
* Bartın
* Batman
* Bayburt
* Bilecik
* Bingöl
* Bitlis
* Bolu
* Burdur
* Bursa
* Çanakkale
* Çankırı
* Çorum
* Denizli
* Diyarbakır
* Düzce
* Edirne
* Elazığ
* Erzincan
* Erzurum
* Eskişehir
* Gaziantep
* Giresun
* Gümüşhane
* Hakkâri
* Hatay
* Iğdır
* Isparta
* Istanbul
* İzmir
* Kahramanmaraş
* Karabük
* Karaman
* Kars
* Kastamonu
* Kayseri
* Kilis
* Kırıkkale
* Kırklareli
* Kırşehir
* Kocaeli
* Konya
* Kütahya
* Malatya
* Manisa
* Mardin
* Mersin
* Muğla
* Muş
* Nevşehir
* Niğde
* Ordu
* Osmaniye
* Rize
* Sakarya
* Samsun
* Siirt
* Sinop
* Sivas
* Şanlıurfa
* Şırnak
* Tekirdağ
* Tokat
* Trabzon
* Tunceli
* Uşak
* Van
* Yalova
* Yozgat
* Zonguldak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

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