Elbistan district

Elbistan (; ; (Al-Bustan) ) is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,201 km2, and its population is 141,307 (2022).

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Elbistan
Turkey place.image_skyline: Elbistan, Turkey.jpg
Turkey place.image_map: Kahramanmaraş location Elbistan.PNG
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Elbistan District in Kahramanmaraş Province
Turkey place.province: Kahramanmaraş
Turkey place.leader_party: CHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Erkan Gürbüz
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 2201
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1150
Turkey place.population_total: 141307
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 46300
Turkey place.area_code: 0344

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Elbistan (; ; (Al-Bustan) ) is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,201 km2, and its population is 141,307 (2022).

== Etymology == The name "Elbistan" was pronounced similarly in Byzantine and Islamic sources. Elbistan was known as Plasta and Plastentia () in antiquity. Elbistan was known as Ablasta () according to Armenian historians in the early 11th century. According to Baldric of Dol the city was known as "Ablistan" till 15th century. Egyptian-Mamluk historian Muhammad ibn Iyas wrote the city's name as "Albistan". Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey from Dulkadirids used the name "Elbistan" in the official documents. After Dulkadirids were conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, the current name became prevalent. Among the rural people of Elbistan it is pronounced as "Albıstan". Albistan means "the orchard" in Arabic.

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