Altınözü

Altınözü (Arabic: القصير‎, al-Quṣayr) is a district in the south-east of Hatay Province of Turkey, on the border between Turkey and Syria. The mayor is Mehmet Cavid Alkan (AKP).

Altınözü
Altınözü
Coordinates: 36°06′0″N 36°13′48″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHatay
Government
 • MayorMehmet Cavid Alkan (AKP)
 • KaymakamKöksal Şakalar
Area
 • District471.82 km2 (182.17 sq mi)
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
7,399
 • District
59,169
 • District density130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Post code
31750
Websitewww.altinozu.bel.tr

Etymology

The area was previously known as Kuseyr a derivation from kasr the Arabic word for castle.

Geography

Altınözü stands on the fertile Kuseyr plateau, and several crops such as olives (the largest olive growing area is in this part of Turkey), tobacco, grains and other crops are grown here. The district gets its water from the Yarseli reservoir.

Demographics

The district has a population of 52,819, out of which 7,379 live in the town of Altınözü. There is also a refugee camp called the Altinozu Camp that houses 1,350 Syrian Sunnis who have fled the Syrian civil war.[3] The population of the district is mostly Muslim with a Christian community encompassing two churches in the capital of the district and the entirely Christian village of Tokaçlı.

gollark: In this country the government has "computing" lessons which involve just teaching people Scratch, which annoyed me enough that I wrote a blog post criticizing this.
gollark: It would also be nice if people actually knew anything about networking.
gollark: I fear that some sort of computer troubleshooting class may just end up teaching people to blindly try one specific thing they learned instead of... actually problem-solving. Which would admittedly be better than now.
gollark: People just see an error of some sort, and immediately their brain shuts down, even if it specifies what to do about it.
gollark: A useful skill people seem to lack is any ability whatsoever to solve basic problems with computers, but that's hard to teach.

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. https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21579522-refugees-are-building-life-fighting-never-far-away-will-they Syrian refugees in Turkey: Will they ever go home?


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