Muş Province

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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.

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Muş Province

Muş ili
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Location of Muş Province in Turkey
KintraTurkey
RegionEastren Anatolie
Govrenment
  Electoral destrictMuş
Area
  Tot8,196 km2 (3,164 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
  Tot406,501
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Area code(s)0436
Vehicle registration49
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Destricts

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

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

Historical steids

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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)

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