Muş

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Muş

Muş on the map of Turkey

Muş (Armenian: Մուշ) is the provincial capital of Muş Province in Turkey. Population of the municipality of Muş: 69,507 (2008 census)^{[citation needed]}

The town dates back to the 6th century AD, and now it shelters the remains of a couple of citadels and the Aslanhane Caravanserai. It is considered one of the early centers of the Armenian civilization and housed ancient Armenian churches until the 1960s. There are also mosques from the Seljuk period, like the Alaeddin Pasa, Haci Seref and Ulu Mosques. Mus had been under the reign Median, Persian, Armenian, Byzantine, Arabian and Seljuk civilizations.

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)
•  "Mush". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Mush. 
•  "Mush". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. 

v • d • e Muş in Muş Province (in the region) of Turkey Urban districts Muş Rural districts Bulanık - Hasköy - Korkut - Malazgirt - Varto Regions Provinces Aegean Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak Black Sea Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak Central Anatolia Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat Eastern Anatolia Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elâzığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van Marmara Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova Mediterranean Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Kilis - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

Coordinates: 38°45′N 41°30′E / 38.75°N 41.5°E / 38.75; 41.5

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