Nurdağı

Nurdağı (pronounced [nuɾˈdaˈɯ]) is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 697 km²,^[3] and its population is 41,322 (2022).^[1] Nurdağı is 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of the city of Gaziantep.

Nurdağı
District and municipality
Map showing Nurdağı District in Gaziantep Province
Nurdağı Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°10′44″N 36°44′23″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Gaziantep
Government
• Mayor	Yakup Bahar (AKP)
Area	697 km2 (269 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	41,322
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	27840
Area code	0342
Website	www.nurdagi.bel.tr

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Nurdağı on 6 February 2023, causing widespread devastation in the district and around 2,500 deaths.^[4][5] Mass graves were created to bury the overwhelming number of dead in the area.^[6]

Composition

There are 48 neighbourhoods in Nurdağı District:^[7]

• Alpaslan Türkeş
• Altınova
• Aslanlı
• Ataköy
• Atatürk
• Atmalı
• Bademli
• Bahçelievler
• Balıkalan
• Başpınar
• Belpınar
• Çakmak
• Demirler
• Durmuşlar
• Emirler
• Esenyurt
• Fatih
• Gedikli
• Gökçedere
• Gözlühüyük
• Hamidiye
• Hisar
• İçerisu
• İkizkuyu
• İncegedik
• İncirli
• Karaburçlu
• Kartal
• Kırışkal
• Kırkpınar
• Kömürler
• Kurudere
• Kuzoluk
• M.Akif Ersoy
• Mesthüyük
• Naimler
• Nogaylar
• Olucak
• Sakçagözü
• Şatırhüyük
• Sayburun
• Tandırlı
• Terken
• Torunlar
• Tüllüce
• Yavuz Selim
• Yaylacık
• Yeni

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
2. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
4. "Nurdağı'ndaki hasar havadan görüntülendi" (in Turkish). TRT Haber. 2023-02-08.
5. "Gaziantep'in Nurdağı ilçesinde arama kurtarma çalışmaları" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. 2023-02-15.
6. Tondo, L.; Narlı, D. B.; Michaelson, R.; Hezaber, H. (10 February 2023). "No room for the dead as cemeteries in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria fill up". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
7. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.