Sason

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Sason is a town and district in Batman Province in southeastern Turkey, historically known as Sassoun and noted for its Armenian cultural heritage and mountainous terrain.

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Label Occurrences
Sason canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district
administrativeCenter Sason town NERFINISHED
administrativeType district of Batman Province
country Turkey
countrySubdivision Batman Province NERFINISHED
ethnicHeritage Armenian
Kurdish
governedBy district governor (kaymakam)
governedWithin Batman provincial administration
governingCountry Turkey NERFINISHED
hasClimate continental climate
hasCulturalHeritage Armenian cultural heritage
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Armenians NERFINISHED
local Kurdish population
hasFeature remote villages
rugged mountains
hasHeritage Armenian epic traditions
Armenian folklore
hasOfficialLanguage Turkish
hasReligionCurrently Islam NERFINISHED
hasReligionTraditionally Christianity (Armenian Apostolic Church) NERFINISHED
hasTopography mountainous
steep valleys
hasType municipality
historicallyPopulatedBy Armenians NERFINISHED
Kurds NERFINISHED
historicalName Sassoun NERFINISHED
Sasun NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Sassoun NERFINISHED
knownFor Armenian cultural history
mountainous landscape
locatedIn Armenian Highlands NERFINISHED
Batman Province NERFINISHED
Southeastern Anatolia Region NERFINISHED
historical region of Western Armenia
southeastern Turkey
locatedNear Bitlis Province NERFINISHED
Siirt Province NERFINISHED
locatedOn slopes of the Armenian Highlands
mentionedIn Armenian epic of Sasuntsi Davit (David of Sassoun)
partOf Batman Province NERFINISHED
Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED
region Southeastern Anatolia NERFINISHED
terrainFeature mountainous terrain
timeZone TRT
utcOffset +03:00

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sassoun knownAs Sason
Sasson hasVariant Sason
Batman Province hasCity Sason