Darende district
Sign in to saveDarende ( ) is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,482 km2, and its population is 24,588 (2022). It lies to the northwest of Malatya, south of Sivas, east of Kayseri.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Darende
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Darende.JPG
- Turkey place.image_map
- Malatya location Darende.png
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Darende District in Malatya Province
- Turkey place.province
- Malatya
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- İsa Özkan
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 1482
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 958
- Turkey place.population_total
- 24588
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 44700
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0422
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Turkey
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Malatya Province
- Continent
- Asia
- Official language
- Turkish
- Population
- 29045
- Area
- 1482
- Elevation
- 1032
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.darende.bel.tr
- Image
- Darende.JPG
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- Commons category
- Darende
- urban population
- 24923
- rural population
- 49869
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Composition
- Demographics
- Culture
- Folk music
- Language of ''Hazeyince''
- Festivals
- Notable people
- References
Darende ( ) is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,482 km2, and its population is 24,588 (2022). It lies to the northwest of Malatya, south of Sivas, east of Kayseri.
==History== Darende had been known by various names including Taranda/Daranda, and Derindere. It has been presumed that the district had been inhabited since 7000-5000 BC due to the estimations made for the nearby archaeological sites such as Arslantepe and Cafer Höyük.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Darende district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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