MuÅŸ Province
Muş is a province in eastern Turkey. It is 8,196 km² in area, and has a population of 488,997 (2006 est). 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 plain of MuÅŸ was historically part of the Armenian province of Daron-Duruperan.[1] and the mountains on its southern border formed the boundary between Greater Armenia and Syria,
Districts
MuÅŸ province is divided into 6 districts (capital district in bold):
- Bulanık
- Hasköy
- Korkut
- Malazgirt
- MuÅŸ
- Varto
Historical sites
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Saint Karapet Monastery (4th c.)
Among the historical sites of the Mush province are two of the holiest Armenian sites:
- the Saint Karapet Monastery, which was founded in the 4th century by Saint Gregory the Illuminator and kept the relices of Saint John the Baptist. It was destroyed to its foundations by the Turkish army after the Armenian Genocide.
- the Holy Apostles Monastery, a medieval monastery housing the relics of two of the Apostles near the town of Mush (also destroyed after 1915)
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MuÅŸ Province
