What is Muş Province?
{{coord|39|00|02|N|41|49|38|E|region:TR-49_type:adm1st|display=title}} '''Muş Province''' ({{lang-tr|Muş ili}}) is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] in eastern [[Turkey]]. It is 8,196&nbsp;km² in area, and has a population of 406,886 according to a 2010 estimate. The population was 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of [[Muş]]. Another town in Muş province, [[Malazgirt]] (''Manzikert''), is famous for the [[Battle of Manzikert]] of 1071. The majority of the province's population is Kurdish.<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Nicole F.|title=Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity)|date=2010|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|isbn=978-0-295-99050-7|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yXWl40KJfKEC&dq=Kars+%28about+20+percent+Kurdish%29&pg=PA167 167]}}</ref> ==Districts== Muş province is divided into 6 [[Districts of Turkey|districts]] (capital district in '''bold'''): *[[Bulanık]] *[[Hasköy, Muş|Hasköy]] *[[Korkut]] *[[Malazgirt]] *[[Varto]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.mus.gov.tr Governor's web site]. * [http://www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/mus/ Muş Weather Forecast Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226093137/http://www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/mus/ |date=2005-12-26 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mus Province}} [[Category:Provinces of Turkey]] [[Category:Central Anatolia Region]]