Horasan ( ku, Xoresan), is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the

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region of

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. The mayor is Abdulkadir Aydın ( SP). In 2008 the population of the town was 17,661 while that of the Horasan district was 43,852. Horasan is located on the east of Erzurum Province, and borders the provinces of

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and

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Etymology

Horasan is also one of the spellings of the Khorasan (or

Greater Khorasan Greater Khorāsān,Dabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 or Khorāsān ( pal, Xwarāsān; fa, خراسان ), is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plat ...

), which is a region in north east

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with historical importance, and it is also the source of the name of the town as the first settlers of the town migrated from this region.

Neighbourhoods

* Ağıllı * Akçataş * Akçatoprak * Alagöz * Aliçeyrek * Aras * Ardı * Arpaçayır * Aşağıaktaş * Aşağıbademözü * Azap * Bahçe * Bulgurlu * Çamlıkale * Çamurlu * Çayırdüzü * Çiftlik * Dalbaşı * Danişment * Değirmenler * Dikili * Döllek * Dönertaş * Eğertaşlar * Gerek * Gündeğer * Güzelyayla * Hacıahmet * Hacıhalil * Harçlı * Hasanbey * Haydarlı * Hızardere * Hızırilyas * İğdeliİncesu * Kadıcelal * Kalender * Karabıyık * Karacaören * Karaçuha * Karapınar * Kaynarca * Kemerli * Kepenek * KırıkKırkdikme * Kırkgözeler * Kırklar * Kızılca * Kızlarkale * Küçükkonak * Kükürtlü * Mollaahmet * Mollamelik * Muratbağı * Pınarlı * Pirali * Pirhasan * Saçlık * Sekman * Şeyhyusuf * Tahirhoca * Tavşancık * Teknecik * Yarboğaz * Yaylacık * Yazılıtaş * Yeşildere * Yeşilöz * Yeşilyurt * Yıldıran * Yukarıbademözü * Yukarıhorum * Yukarıtahirhoca * Yürükatlı * Yüzören

References

Populated places in Erzurum Province Districts of Erzurum Province Kurdish settlements in Turkey {{Erzurum-geo-stub