Kahramanmaraş

Kahramanmaraş
Metropolitan municipality
A view of the city center
Emblem of Kahramanmaraş Municipality
Kahramanmaraş Location of Kahramanmaraş within Turkey.
Coordinates: 37°35′N 36°56′E / 37.583°N 36.933°E / 37.583; 36.933
Country	Turkey
Region	Mediterranean
Province	Kahramanmaraş
Elevation	568 m (1,864 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Urban	571,266
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0344
Licence plate	46

Kahramanmaraş (Turkish pronunciation: [kahɾaˈmanmaɾaʃ]), historically Marash (Turkish: Maraş; Armenian: Մարաշ) and Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş province. After 1973, Maraş was officially named Kahramanmaraş with the prefix kahraman (Turkish word meaning "heroic") to commemorate the Battle of Marash. The city lies on a plain at the foot of Mount Ahır.

On 6 February 2023, much of the city was destroyed in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes^[2] which had their epicentre in Pazarcık and Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş province.^[3]