Altınözü
Sign in to saveAltınözü (, el-Kusayr) is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 392 km2, and its population is 60,344 (2022). It is in the south-east of Hatay Province, on the border between Turkey and Syria. The mayor is Rıfat Sarı (AKP).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Altınözü
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Altınözü.jpg
- Turkey place.image_map
- Hatay location Altınözü.png
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Altınözü District in Hatay Province
- Turkey place.province
- Hatay
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Rıfat Sarı
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 392
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 400
- Turkey place.population_total
- 60344
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 31750
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0326
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- Population
- 61106
- Elevation
- 400
- Image
- Altınözü.jpg
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- urban population
- 60861
- Commons category
- Altınözü
- rural population
- 40419
- name in kana
- アルトゥノジュ
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Altınözü (, el-Kusayr) is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 392 km2, and its population is 60,344 (2022). It is in the south-east of Hatay Province, on the border between Turkey and Syria. The mayor is Rıfat Sarı (AKP).
==History== The region which was known as al-Quṣayr, was part of the Principality of Antioch during the Crusader era. In 1180, patriarch Aimery of Limoges fled to the region, after he had excommunicated Bohemond III in Antioch. The latter besieged the region, but nobleman Rainald II Masoir supported the patriarch, until King Baldwin IV sent a delegation to settle the dispute.
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