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Oğuzeli is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 689 km2, and its population is 36 644 (2025). It is the 6th most populated district of Gaziantep, making it one of the smaller and rural districts alongside Araban, Karkamış, Nurdağı, Yavuzeli. Nevertheless, it is the closest district to the two urban districts of Şehitkamil and Şahinbey that make up Gaziantep City, with its municipal center located just Southeast of the city and the district bordering Hasan Kalyoncu University located at the edge of Şahinbey. As a suburban district, large areas of the distr

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Oğuzeli
Turkey place.image_map
Gaziantep location Oğuzeli.png
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Oğuzeli District in Gaziantep Province
Turkey place.province
Gaziantep
Turkey place.leader_party
YRP
Turkey place.leader_name
Bekir Öztekin
Turkey place.area_total_km2
689
Turkey place.population_total
36,644
Turkey place.population_as_of
2025
Turkey place.postal_code
27650
Turkey place.area_code
0342

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Turkey
Continent
Asia
Official language
Turkish
Population
32653
Area
689
Elevation
679
Time zone
UTC+03:00
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postal code
27700
Commons category
Oğuzeli
urban population
33044
rural population
31930
inception
1946-04-01
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Encyclopedic overview

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Oğuzeli is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 689 km2, and its population is 36 644 (2025). It is the 6th most populated district of Gaziantep, making it one of the smaller and rural districts alongside Araban, Karkamış, Nurdağı, Yavuzeli. Nevertheless, it is the closest district to the two urban districts of Şehitkamil and Şahinbey that make up Gaziantep City, with its municipal center located just Southeast of the city and the district bordering Hasan Kalyoncu University located at the edge of Şahinbey. As a suburban district, large areas of the district are made of agricultural farms, most particularly used for growing pistachios.

The town is historically inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe and Abdals of the Maya Sekenler tribe.

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

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