Afşin is a town and district of
Kahramanmaraş Province
Kahramanmaraş Province kurdish( tr, Kahramanmaraş ili ) is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, the traffic code is 46.
Geography
Kahramanmaraş is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and ...
in the
Mediterranean
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region of
Turkey
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.
Afşin-Elbistan power stations
Two coal fired power stations are operational and are said to be damaging health via
air pollution
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.
See also
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Arabissus
References
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Populated places in Kahramanmaraş Province
Districts of Kahramanmaraş Province
Afşin (district)
Towns in Turkey
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