Muş Province

Muş Province (Turkis: Muş ili) is a province in eastren Turkey. It is 8,196 km² in aurie, an haes a population o 406,886 (2010 est). The population wis 453,654 in 2000. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Muş (Armenie: Մուշ, Kurdish: Mûs‎). Anither toun in Muş province, Malazgirt (Manzikert), is famous for the Battle o Manzikert o 1071.

Muş Province Muş ili
Province o Turkey
Location of Muş Province in Turkey
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Eastren Anatolie
Govrenment
• Electoral destrict	Muş
Area
• Tot	8,196 km2 (3,164 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Tot	406,501
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0436
Vehicle registration	49

Destricts

Muş province is dividit intae 6 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):

• Bulanık
• Hasköy
• Korkut
• Malazgirt
• Muş
• Varto

Historical steids

Saunt Karapet Monastery (4t c.)

Amang the historical steids o the Mush province are twa o the holiest Armenie sites:

• the Saunt Karapet Monastery, which wis foondit in the 4t century bi Saunt Gregory the Illuminator an kept the relices o Saunt John the Baptist. It wis destroyed tae its foondations bi the Turkis airmy efter the Armenie Genocide.
• the Holy Apostles Monastery, a medieval monastery hoosin the relics o twa o the Apostles near the toun o Mush (an aw destroyed efter 1915)

Freemit airtins

• Govrenor's wab steid.
• Muş Weather Forecast Information Archived 2005-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Muş Wab Portal (Moush) Archived 2005-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Muş Fotoğrafları - Moush Photo Album Archived 2009-05-24 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

1. Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces