Arsuz
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Arsuz ( ; ) is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 462 km 2 , and its population is 101,233 (2022). It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of İskenderun and the adjacent countryside and coast. In ancient times, it was known as Rhosus ( ) and was a former bishopric and titular see.
Arsuz ( ; ) is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 462 km 2 , and its population is 101,233 (2022). It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of İskenderun and the adjacent countryside and coast. In ancient times, it was known as Rhosus ( ) and was a former bishopric and titular see. ==Composition== There are 38 neighbourhoods in Arsuz District: Akçalı Arpaçiftlik Arpaderesi Arpagedik Aşağı Kepirce Avcılarsuyu Beyköyü Çetillik Derekuyu Gökmeydan Gözcüler Gülcihan Hacıahmetli Harlısu Haymaseki Helvalı Hüyük Işıklı Kale Karaağaç Cumhuriyet Karaağaç Konarlı Karaağaç Övündük Karaağaç Şarkkonak Karagöz Karahüseyinli Kışla Konacık Kozaklı Kurtbağı Madenli Nardüzü Nergizlik Pirinçlik Tatarlı Tülek Üçgüllük Uluçınar Yukarıkepirce ==Demographics== German traveler Martin Hartmann listed 31 settlements in the Ottoman nahiyah of Arsuz, 10 being Alawite (381 houses), 8 being Turkish (205 houses), and 12 without any information. The town of Arsuz (70 houses) was almost wholly Greek Christian with the exception of three Arab and one Turkish families.
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