Muş

Muş
Muş
Coordinates: 38°44′00″N 41°29′28″E / 38.7333333°N 41.49111°E / 38.7333333; 41.49111Coordinates: 38°44′00″N 41°29′28″E / 38.7333333°N 41.49111°E / 38.7333333; 41.49111
Country	Turkey
Province	Muş
Government
• Mayor	Necmettin Dede (AKP)
• Kaymakam
Area
• District	2,604 km2 (1,005 sq mi)
Population (2008)[1][2]
• Urban	69,507
• District	168,817
• District Density	64.830/km2 (167.91/sq mi)
Website	www.mus.bel.tr

Muş (pronounced [muʃ]; Armenian: Մուշ, Kurdish: Mûs) is the provincial capital of Muş Province in Turkey. Population of the municipality of Muş: 72,774 (2009 estimates)^[3] 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 Turkish, Kurdish. 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]}

Muş has been ruled by Median, Persian, Armenian, Byzantine, Arabian, Seljuk and Ottoman empires.^{[citation needed]}

Climate

Muş has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsa) with freezing, snowy winters and hot and very dry summers.

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. 
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mush". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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