Sason
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thumb|300px|right|Sason region Sason is a town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of the Sason District. Its population is 12,696 (2021). It was formerly known as Kabilcevz.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Sason
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Sason 3 2012.JPG
- Turkey place.province
- Batman
- Turkey place.district
- Sason
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Mehmet Şafi Yavuz
- Turkey place.population_total
- 12696
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 72500
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 32907
- Image
- Sason 2012.JPG
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- Sason
- urban population
- 12696
- rural population
- 17486
- name in kana
- サスーン
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- Toponymy
- History
- Demographics
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- Culture
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thumb|300px|right|Sason region Sason is a town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of the Sason District. Its population is 12,696 (2021). It was formerly known as Kabilcevz.
== Toponymy == Sason derives from the name of the historical region Sasun. In the Armenian tradition, the name of Sasun (from earlier Sanasunk) is traditionally associated with Sanasar (i.e., biblical Sharezer), the son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib who fled to Armenia after murdering his father․ Sanasar is said to have settled in the area around Mount Sim, which was called Sanasunk (as if meaning "Sanasar's progeny") after him and his descendants who populated the region.
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