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'''Muş''' ({{lang-ku|Mûs |
'''Muş''' ({{lang-ku|Mûs}}) is the provincial capital of [[Muş Province]] in [[Turkey]]. Population of the municipality of Muş: 72,774 (2009 estimates)<ref>[http://tuikapp.tuik.gov.tr/adnksdagitapp/adnks.zul]</ref> The mayor is Necmettin Dede ([[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]]). |
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The town was found in Araratian Kingdom (aka [[Urartu]]).{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} During the middle ages it was the chief town of Armenia's Taron province. Today the city is populated by [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]], [[Turkish people|Turkish]], and [[Zazas]]. There are a few ancient remnants including a few citadels and the Aslanhane [[Caravanserai]]. {{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
The town was found in Araratian Kingdom (aka [[Urartu]]).{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} During the middle ages it was the chief town of Armenia's Taron province. Today the city is populated by [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]], [[Turkish people|Turkish]], and [[Zazas]]. There are a few ancient remnants including a few citadels and the Aslanhane [[Caravanserai]]. {{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
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Muş (Template:Lang-ku) is the provincial capital of Muş Province in Turkey. Population of the municipality of Muş: 72,774 (2009 estimates)[1] The mayor is Necmettin Dede (AKP).
The town was found in Araratian Kingdom (aka Urartu).[citation needed] During the middle ages it was the chief town of Armenia's Taron province. Today the city is populated by Kurdish, Turkish, and Zazas. There are a few ancient remnants including a few citadels and the Aslanhane Caravanserai. [citation needed]
It is considered one of the early centers of the Armenian civilization and housed ancient Armenian churches until the 1960s.[citation needed]
There are mosques from the Seljuk period, like the Alaeddin Pasa, Haci Seref, and Ulu Mosques. [citation needed]
Mush has been ruled by Median, Persian, Armenian, Byzantine, Arabian, Seljuk and Ottoman empires. [citation needed]
External links
- History and description of the ruined Armenian monastery of Arakelots, 8 km east of the town of Muş.
- All about for Muş (Mus, Moush, Mosh, Mush)
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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38°45′N 41°30′E / 38.750°N 41.500°E
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