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Kahramanmaraş Province

Local name: Kahramanmaraş ili

Located in Turkey Coordinates: 38°00′00″ N 37°00′00″ E

Kahramanmaraş Province
Elbistan · Emin Başar ÖZDEMİR · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
1,177,436
1.2M
Elevation
1,410 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+03:00
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
Places inside
125
listed under Kahramanmaraş Province
When to go
May–JuneSeptember–October
See the climate
Airports
KCM Kahramanmaraş Airport51 km
MLX Malatya Erhaç Airport107 km

About Kahramanmaraş Province

Kahramanmaraş Province is a region. Location: Turkey. Population: 1,177,436.

From Wikipedia

Kahramanmaraş Province (Turkish: Kahramanmaraş ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 14,520 km2, and its population is 1,177,436 (2022). Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, and the traffic code is 46. Its Pazarcık and Elbistan districts were impacted by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, causing major damage to the city with more than 50,000 deaths.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
14,327 km²
Official website
kahramanmaras.gov.tr

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Kahramanmaraş Province

Climate of Kahramanmaraş Province

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, September–October.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 11° · Night 1° · Rain 62 mm

Better nearby cities in November

  • Osmaniye · 122 km southwest21°
  • Suruç · 170 km southeast20°
  • İskenderun · 173 km southwest22°
Hottest month
August (day 30°)
Coldest month
January (night -6°)
Wettest month
December (81 mm)
Driest month
July (6 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Kahramanmaraş Province
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°4°8°15°21°25°30°30°26°19°11°5°
Average low (°C)-6°-5°-1°4°7°10°13°13°9°5°1°-3°
Precipitation (mm)7162766957226611436281

Other places to visit in this season: May June September October

How to get to Kahramanmaraş Province

The nearest airport is Kahramanmaraş Airport (KCM), 51 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (GZT) (124 km). The nearest large city is Kahramanmaraş, 47 km to the south.

Airports

  • Kahramanmaraş Airport (KCM) Kahramanmaraş 51 kmsouth
  • Malatya Erhaç Airport (MLX) Malatya 107 kmnortheast
  • Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (GZT) Gaziantep 124 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Kahramanmaraş Population: 385K 47 kmsouth
  • Gaziantep Population: 2.2M 110 kmsouth
  • Adıyaman Population: 290.9K 115 kmeast
  • Malatya Population: 750.5K 122 kmeast
  • Osmaniye Population: 202.8K 122 kmsouthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Places in Kahramanmaraş Province

125 places
  1. 1 Kahramanmaraş 385K
  2. 2 Onikişubat 357.9K
  3. 3 Dulkadiroğlu 216.7K
  4. 4 Elbistan İlçesi 140.5K
  5. 5 Afşin İlçesi 82.7K
  6. 6 Pazarcık İlçesi 68.8K
  7. 7 Türkoğlu İlçesi 67.9K
  8. 8 Göksun İlçesi 53.2K
  9. 9 Andırın İlçesi 35.9K
  10. 10 Çağlayancerit İlçesi 25.3K
  11. 11 Ekinözü İlçesi 13.5K
  12. 12 Nurhak İlçesi 13.4K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages12

Mountains & nature7

Lakes, rivers & coasts29

Largest cities and towns

  • Elbistan City, Elbistan İlçesi
    80.5K
  • Afşin City, Afşin İlçesi
    39.6K
  • Göksun City, Göksun İlçesi
    34.2K
  • Narlı Town, Pazarcık İlçesi
    6.8K
  • Düzbağ Village, Çağlayancerit İlçesi
    4.4K
  • Pazarcık Town, Pazarcık İlçesi
    23.8K
  • Geben Village, Andırın İlçesi
    1.5K
  • İğde Village, Elbistan İlçesi
    1.8K

Nature and heritage in Kahramanmaraş Province

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources