Ekinözü

This article is about the town in Kahramanmaraş Province. For the village in Elazığ Province, see Ekinözü, Kovancılar.

Ekinözü (Kurdish: Cela)^[2] is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.^[3] Its area is 656 km²,^[4] and its population is 10,290 (2022).^[1]

Ekinözü
District and municipality
Map showing Ekinözü District in Kahramanmaraş Province
Ekinözü Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°03′42″N 37°11′34″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Kahramanmaraş
Government
• Mayor	Harun Vicdan (CHP)
Area	656 km2 (253 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	10,290
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	46360
Area code	0344
Website	www.ekinozu.bel.tr

The town was 5.5 km (3.4 mi) north of the epicenter of a M_ww  7.5 earthquake on 6 February 2023—the latter of two large earthquakes the same day.^[5] At least 11 people died, 107 houses were destroyed and 70 percent of the town's building stock were damaged by the earthquakes.^[6]

Composition

There are 21 neighbourhoods in Ekinözü District:^[7]

• Akpınar
• Alişar
• Altınyaprak
• Anbar
• Ataköy
• Çiftlikkale
• Çiftlikköy
• Demirlik
• Gaziler
• Gözpınar
• İçmeler
• Kabaktepe
• Kandilköy
• Kürtül
• Maarif
• Ortaören
• Öztürk
• Soysallı
• Türkeli
• Türkmenler
• Yeniköy