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Muş Province

Muş ili
Location of Muş Province in Turkey
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

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.

Destricts

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

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:

Freemit airtins

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

Coordinates: 39°00′02″N 41°49′38″E / 39.00056°N 41.82722°E / 39.00056; 41.82722