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Karaköprü () is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,222 km2, and its population is 265,035 (2022). The district Karaköprü was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Şanlıurfa Province, along with the new districts Eyyübiye and Haliliye. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Şanlıurfa and the adjacent countryside. Its eponymous city center is slightly north from central Urfa. In the local elections of March 2019, Metin Baydilli was elected Mayor of Karaköprü. The current Kaymakam is Yakup Kılınçoğlu.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Karaköprü
Turkey place.image_map
Şanlıurfa location Karaköprü.PNG
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Karaköprü District in Şanlıurfa Province
Turkey place.province
Şanlıurfa
Turkey place.leader_party
YRP
Turkey place.leader_name
Nihat Çiftçi
Turkey place.area_total_km2
1222
Turkey place.population_total
265035
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.area_code
0414

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Turkey
Continent
Asia
Official language
Turkish
Population
195552
Area
1222
Elevation
532
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Body of water
Atatürk Reservoir
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Commons category
Karaköprü
inception
2012-12-06
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Encyclopedic overview

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Karaköprü () is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,222 km2, and its population is 265,035 (2022). The district Karaköprü was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Şanlıurfa Province, along with the new districts Eyyübiye and Haliliye. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Şanlıurfa and the adjacent countryside. Its eponymous city center is slightly north from central Urfa. In the local elections of March 2019, Metin Baydilli was elected Mayor of Karaköprü. The current Kaymakam is Yakup Kılınçoğlu.

==Composition== There are 100 neighbourhoods in Karaköprü District: Ağılcık Ağızhan Akbayır Akçahisar Akıncı Akpınar Akpıyar Akziyaret Ali Baba Apaydın Aşağıçiftlik Aşıkköy Atakent Ayanlar Bahçeli Başören Batıkent Bezirci Bölücek Bozköy Buğdayhüyük Büyük Alanlı Büyük Kargılı Büyükçömlekçi Büyükördek Büyüksalkım Çakmak Çamlıyayla Çankaya Cemal Çiftekemer Çıralı Cülmen Demircik Doğukent Dolunay Doyumlu Düğer Ergünköy Esemkulu Esentepe Estafirullah Gazibey Geçitköy Gelibolu Göbekli Gölgen Gölpınar Güllübağ Günışık Hamurkesen Horzum Hüyüklü İlhan İsaören Karataş Karşıyaka Kasımkuyu Kırkpınar Kızılburç Kızlar Köksüren Korukezen Küçükalanlı Küçüktülmen Külaflı Kuşluca Kuyucak Lüleci Maşuk Mehmetçik Millisaray Mustafacık Narlıkuyu Öğütçü Örcünlü Otlukalan Överler Özgedik Pınarbaşı Şahin Sakça Sancak Sarım Şeker Şenevler Şeyhzeliha Seyrantepe Tatburcu Tülmen Türkmen Uzuncuk Yarımtepe Yaylacık Yedikuyu Yemişli Yığınak Yoğunburç Yukarıkoşma Yusufkuyu

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karaköprü district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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