Hasanbeyli

Hasanbeyli
Hasanbeyli
Coordinates: 37°07′59″N 36°33′13″E / 37.13306°N 36.55361°E / 37.13306; 36.55361Coordinates: 37°07′59″N 36°33′13″E / 37.13306°N 36.55361°E / 37.13306; 36.55361
Country Turkey
Province Osmaniye
Government
  Mayor Yusuf Tozluklu (AKP)
  Kaymakam Hasan Çiçek
Area[1]
  District 121.66 km2 (46.97 sq mi)
Elevation 762 m (2,500 ft)
Population (2012)[2]
  Urban 2,302
  District 4,350
  District density 36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Post code 80850
Website www.hasanbeyli.bel.tr

Hasanbeyli is a town and district of Osmaniye Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Near the village stands a badly damaged medieval watchtower that once guarded a strategic route through the Amanus Mountains from Cilicia Pedias to Gaziantep.[3]

References

  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Edwards, Robert W. (1987). The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia: Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXIII. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. pp. 147–149. ISBN 0-88402-163-7.


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