Mus (Mus province, East Turkey) ~ population 72 770
N 38° 47.936 E 041° 29.847
37S E 716884 N 4297426
Depicted combined sign, marking city Mus limts and informing about its population/altitude (1 350 meters), is located at D955 road (or Mus Bitlis Yolu, which means: Road Mus - Bitlis).
Waymark Code: WMKK49
Location: Türkiye
Date Posted: 04/24/2014
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Depicted combined sign, marking city Mus limts and informing about its population/altitude (1 350 meters), is located at D955 road (or Mus Bitlis Yolu, which means: Road Mus - Bitlis).
Nüfus: population / number of inhabitants (from TURK-ENG dictionary)
Rakim: altitude (from TURK-ENG dictionary)
Mus is a historically Armenian town in the provincial capital of Mus Province in Turkey. Population of the municipality of Mus numbers 72 770 (2009). The town was found in Araratian Kingdom (known also as Urartu). During the Middle Ages it was the chief town of Armenia's Taron province. Today the city is populated by citizens of Turkmen, Kurdish and Arab origins, the majority being Sunni Muslim Kurds. There are a few ancient remnants including a few 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. The town was the seat of a diocese of both the Armenian Apostolic as well as the Armenian Catholic Churches. In May 1915, virtually the entirety of Mus' Armenian population, some 15 000 people, was massacred as part of the Armenian genocide. [wiki]