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Muş Province

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province in east Turkey

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Muş Province is a region located in eastern Turkey that serves as part of the country's geography and administrative structure. While it is a significant area in Turkey's eastern territory, specific details about its particular importance or characteristics would require additional context to describe accurately.

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Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Turkey
Contains
Muş district
Continent
Asia
Capital
Muş
Official language
Turkish
Population
351802
Area
8718
Elevation
1350
Shares border with
Batman Province
Official website
www.mus.gov.tr
Image
Muş location districts.png
Households
90844
Life expectancy
78.09
Dialing code
436
Licence plate code
49
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topic's main category
Category:Muş Province
Commons category
Muş Province
category for people born here
Category:Births in Muş Province
category of associated people
Category:People from Muş Province
native label
Muş
postal code
49000–49999
language used
Turkish
male population
179093
female population
172709
different from
muxe
annual number of weddings
2351
suicide rate
6.76
total fertility rate
1.40
mean age
24.76
minimum temperature record
-34.4
maximum temperature record
41.6
name in kana
ムシュ
water as percent of area
2.66
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Encyclopedic overview

Muş Province (Turkish: Muş ili; Kurdish: Parêzgeha Mûşê; Armenian: Մուշի մարզ, romanized: Mushi marz) is a province in the east Anatolia region of Turkey (Türkiye). Its area is 8,718 km, and its population is 399,202 (2022), down from 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş. Another town in Muş province, Malazgirt (Manzikert), is famous for the Battle of Manzikert of 1071.

The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.

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

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