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Encyclopedia > Kahramanmaras

Kahramanmaraş is a city in southeastern Turkey (1990 pop. 229,066). The city lies on a plain at the foot of the Taurus Mountains. The city was a Hittite city-state c.1000 BCE. The city was called Germanikeia in the time of the Roman Empire. The Taurus Mountains or simply the Taurus, (Turkish Toros, also known as Ala-Dagh or Bulghar-Dagh) are a mountain range, forming the rugged southeastern rim of the Anatolian plateau, from which the Euphrates River descends into Syria. ... Hittite can refer to either: The ancient Anatolian people called the Hittites; or The Hittite language, an ancient Indo-European language they spoke. ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... -1... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ...


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Measuring livestock farmers' effect on sustainable agricultural and rural development (1965 words)
Kahramanmaras is located in the Northeastern part of Mediterranean region of Turkey.
This caused for Kahramanmaras to suffer from a high level of erosion, which is considered as the main constrain in the realization of sustainable agriculture.
Target population for this study was defined as Kahramanmaras farm operators in the central district, Pazarcik, Turkoglu, and Elbistan counties.
Kahramanmaras (245 words)
It is the capital of Kahramanmaras province with 1 million inhabitants (2004 estimate).
Kahramanmaras produces 30% of Turkey's cotton yarn, 7% of its woven fabric and 14% of its knitted fabric.
All major road and rail connections for Kahramanmaras goes south, with Gaziantep 100 km southeast as the closest major city.
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