title: Kırıkhan
text: Kırıkhan is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 715 km2, and its population is 121,028 (2022). The name Kırıkhan means "broken inn" in the Turkish language, perhaps a reference to one of the many lodgings that once lined the road. The town stands at the intersection of the route between İskenderun and Aleppo, and the major north-south road between Antakya and Kahramanmaraş.
  
  The town was once part of the district of Belen, but became a district in its own right in 1923 at the time of the French Mandate. Kırıkhan was annexed to Turkey in 1939 with the rest of Hatay.
  
  Its average summer temperature is 32.3 °C, and its average winter temperature is 7.3 °C.
  
  The district’s major religious and touristic site is the Beyazid-i Bestami Külliyesi (Complex) on Darb-ı Sak Castle at Alabeyli village, which contains the tomb or maqam of Bayazid Bastami. The ruined medieval Crusader castle Trapessac is situated near Kırıkhan.
  
  Kırıkhan was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes in February 2023 and subsequent aftershocks.
  
  Composition
  There are 73 neighbourhoods in Kırıkhan District:
  
   408 Evler
   Abalaklı
   Adalar
   Aktutan
   Alaybeyli
   Alibeyçağıllı
   Alparslan
   Alsancak
   Arkıtça
   Aydınlı
   Aygırgölü
   Bahçelievler
   Balarmudu
   Baldıran
   Barbaros
   Başpınar
   Bektaşlı
   Çamsarı
   Çamseki
   Camuzkışlası
   Çankaya
   Çataltepe
   Ceylanlı
   Çiloğlanhüyüğü
   Cumhuriyet
   Danaahmetli
   Dedeçınar
   Delibekirli
   Demirkonak
   Fatih
   Gazi
   Gölbaşı
   Gültepe
   Gündüz
   Güventaşı
   Güzelce
   İçada
   Ilıkpınar
   İncirli
   Kaletepe
   Kamberlikaya
   Kamışlar
   Kangallar
   Karaçağıl
   Karadurmuşlu
   Karaelmaslı
   Karamağara
   Karamankaşı
   Karataş
   Kazkeli
   Kızılkaya
   Kodallı
   Kurtlusarımazı
   Kurtlusoğuksu
   Kurtuluş
   Mahmutlu
   Menderes
   Mimarsinan
   Muratpaşa
   Narlıhopur
   Özkızılkaya
   Özsoğuksu
   Özyörük
   Reşatlı
   Saylak
   Söğütlüöz
   Sucuköy
   Taşoluk
   Topboğazı
   Torun
   Yalangoz
   Yeni
   Yılanlı
  
  Notable people 
   Nerses Pozapalian, senior bishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church
  
  References
  
   
  Populated places in Hatay Province
  Districts of Hatay Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey