Nizip (; Tahir Sezen Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 385.) is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 944 km2, and its population is 148,386 (2022).
It is located 45 km from the city of Gaziantep, 95 km from Şanlıurfa (Edessa), and 35 km from Karkamış.
Demographics In early 20th century, the town housed 15,000 people and was mostly inhabited by Turks.
Composition There are 109 neighbourhoods in Nizip District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Adaklı Akçakent Akkuyu Alahacı Altındağ Aşağıbayındır Aşağıçardak Atatürk Bağlıca Bahçeli Ballı Belkıs Boyluca Bozalioğlu Çakmaktepe Çanakçı Çatalca Cumhuriyet Dayıdağı Dazhüyük Dernek Doğrular Duraklı Dutlu Düzbayır Ekinci Erenköy Eskikonak Eyüp Sultan Fatih Sultan Fevkani Fevzipaşa Fırat Gaziler Gevence Gökçeli Güder Gülkaya Gümüşgün Günaltı Gürbaşak Güzelköy Hafızpaşa Hancağız Hazımoğlu İkizce İntepe İstasyon İstiklal Kale Kamışlı Karaburç Karşıyaka Kayalar Keklik Kesiktaş Kıbrıs Kıraçgülü Kıratlı Kızılcakent Kızılin Kocatepe Korucak Köseler Kumla Kurucahüyük Mağaracık Mehmetobası Menderes Mercanlı Mevlana Mihrap Mimarsinan Nahırtepe Namıkkemal Özyurt Pazarcami Saha Şahinbey Salkım Samandöken Samanlı Saray Sarıkoç Sekili Şıhlar Söğütlü Suboyu Sultan Abdulhamit Tahtani Tanır Tatlıcak Tosunlu Toydemir Tuluktaş Turlu Turnalı Uluyatır Yağcılar Yağmuralan Yarımtepe Yeniyapan Yeniyazı Yeşilevler Yolçatı Yukarıbayındır Yukarıçardak Yunus Emre Zeytinlik
Notable people Cahit Tanyol (1914–2020), Turkish sociologist Mehmet Ali Yaprak (1949–2004), Turkish businessman and drug trafficker Mustafa Cengiz (1949–2021), businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. Mehmet Görmez (born 1959), former President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs and as such legally the highest level Islamic scholar in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Zihni Çakır (born 1969), journalist and author Ali Şahin (born 1970), Turkish politician who has been Deputy Minister of European Union Affairs since January 2016. Abdulhamit Gül (born 1977), Turkish politician
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See also Battle of Nizip
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