Mus Province
Overview
 
Muş Province is a province
Provinces of Turkey
Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, called il in Turkish .A province is administered by an appointed governor , and was formerly termed a "governorate" ....

 in eastern Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. It is 8,196 km² in area, and has a population of 406,886 (2010 est). The population was 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş
Mus
-Computing:* Mus, a file extension used by Finale * MUS, the internal music format used in Doom -Three-letter acronyms:* Mitsubishi UFJ Securities * MUS, the NATO country code for Mauritius...

 . Another town in Muş province, Malazgirt
Malazgirt
Malazgirt is a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23,697 .-Founding:...

 (Manzikert), is famous for the Battle of Manzikert
Battle of Manzikert
The Battle of Manzikert , was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuq Turks led by Alp Arslan on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert...

 of 1071.
Muş province is divided into 6 districts
Districts of Turkey
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 957 districts . In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza....

 (capital district in bold):
  • Bulanık
    Bulanik
    Bulanık is a town and district of Muş Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The current mayor is Ziya Akkaya . He is under governor Ferit Görükmez Kaymakamı....

  • Hasköy
    Hasköy
    Hasköy is a:* District of Muş Province of Turkey.* Also the Turkish name for Haskovo, Bulgaria.* A neighborhood of Istanbul, Hasköy, Istanbul...

  • Korkut
    Korkut
    Korkut is a district of Muş Province of Turkey. The mayor is Sait Elitaş ....

  • Malazgirt
    Malazgirt
    Malazgirt is a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23,697 .-Founding:...

  • Muş
    Mus
    -Computing:* Mus, a file extension used by Finale * MUS, the internal music format used in Doom -Three-letter acronyms:* Mitsubishi UFJ Securities * MUS, the NATO country code for Mauritius...

  • Varto
    Varto
    Varto is a town in eastern Turkey occupied primarily by Kurdish people.Varto was the site of a major fighting during the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1924, and the 1966 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people....


Among the historical sites of the Mush province are two of the holiest Armenian sites:
  • the Saint Karapet Monastery
    Saint Karapet Monastery
    The Saint Karapet Monastery was an Armenian monastic complex in the Taron Province of Greater Armenia, about 35 kilometers northwest of Mush, now in the Kurdish village of Chengeli in eastern Turkey. Founded in the fourth century by Saint Gregory the Illuminator, it was one of the oldest...

    , which was founded in the 4th century by Saint Gregory the Illuminator and kept the relices of Saint John the Baptist.
 
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