- Kahramanmaraş Province
Infobox Province TR
name=Kahramanmaras
region=Mediterranean
area=14,327
licence = 46
area_code= 344
total population = 1,034,727
turkname = Kahramanmaraş|Kahramanmaraş (or simply Maraş) is a province of
Turkey . Its provincial capital is Kahramanmaraş city, the traffic code is 46.Districts
Kahramanmaraş province is divided into 10 districts:
*Afşin
*Andırın
*Çağlayancerit
*Ekinözü
*Elbistan
*Göksun
*Kahramanmaraş
*Nurhak
*Pazarcık
*Türkoğlu History
Kahramanmaraş was known historically as Maraş and was a settlement since pre-historic times.
The city received to title of Kahraman (Heroic) from the
Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) for the heroic struggle by the local civilian population against the occupying English and then French armed forces after the First World War (seeSütçü İmam Incident [http://www.ksu.edu.tr/sites/ermeni/erm_eng/makale(e).html] ). It was one of the first "free" towns after World War I.Economy
Maraş has historically been famous for its
gold . Thetextile industry is relatively new and mostly machinated.Education
The
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University [http://www.ksu.edu.tr] is a recently founded university supplying social, language and technical sciences as well as medical education.Cuisine
The province's most famous culinary speciality is the ice cream, "
Maraş ice cream ", available in specialist ice cream shops throughout Turkey and the world such as MADO and Yasar Pastanesi and on tourist sites. The ice cream has an elastic consistency and is served with knife and fork, often accompanied by a slice ofbaklava . It melts in your mouth while you chew it, similar to bubble gum.Maraş red peppers are also well known for its aroma,
Vitamin C content, and moderate hotness. Maraş pepper is different from far-east chilies as dried with support of Scientific Investigations and Universities in MUSAN which contains no aflatoxin and no diseases.See also
*
Zeitun Resistance (1895) External links
* [http://www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/kahramanmaras/ Kahramanmaraş Weather Forecast Information]
* [http://www.marasliyiz.biz/ Kahramanmaraş City Portal]
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