Doğanşehir

The altitude of the town is 1,290 meters (4232 feet) above mean sea level. Both plains and mountains are part of the landscape. It borders Çelikhan District to the east, Adıyaman District to the southeast, Tut District to the south, Gölbaşı District to the southwest, Nurhak and Elbistan to the west, Akçadağ to the north and Yeşilyurt to the northeast. The reservoirs at Polat Dam and Sürgü Dam are situated in the district. Climate Doğanşehir has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen: Dsa) with hot, dry summers, and cold, snowy winters. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Doğanşehir (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 2.6 | Feb high C = 5.0 | Mar high C = 10.8 | Apr high C = 16.7 | May high C = 21.9 | Jun high C = 28.4 | Jul high C = 32.5 | Aug high C = 32.8 | Sep high C = 27.8 | Oct high C = 20.0 | Nov high C = 11.4 | Dec high C = 4.6 | year high C = 17.9 | Jan mean C = -1.6 | Feb mean C = 0.0 | Mar mean C = 5.3 | Apr mean C = 10.5 | May mean C = 14.8 | Jun mean C = 20.3 | Jul mean C = 23.7 | Aug mean C = 23.3 | Sep mean C = 18.3 | Oct mean C = 12.1 | Nov mean C = 5.2 | Dec mean C = 0.2 | year mean C = 11.1 | Jan low C = -5.7 | Feb low C = -4.7 | Mar low C = -0.1 | Apr low C = 4.0 | May low C = 7.2 | Jun low C = 10.9 | Jul low C = 13.6 | Aug low C = 13.3 | Sep low C = 9.0 | Oct low C = 5.0 | Nov low C = -0.3 | Dec low C = -3.7 | year low C = 4.1 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 73.21 | Feb precipitation mm = 64.63 | Mar precipitation mm = 67.6 | Apr precipitation mm = 55.82 | May precipitation mm = 46.58 | Jun precipitation mm = 13.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 2.46 | Aug precipitation mm = 3.14 | Sep precipitation mm = 10.85 | Oct precipitation mm = 39.09 | Nov precipitation mm = 57.53 | Dec precipitation mm = 69.39 | year precipitation mm = 503.3 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 8.7 | Feb precipitation days = 8.3 | Mar precipitation days = 8.0 | Apr precipitation days = 8.3 | May precipitation days = 6.5 | Jun precipitation days = 3.1 | Jul precipitation days = 1.4 | Aug precipitation days = 1.5 | Sep precipitation days = 2.2 | Oct precipitation days = 5.5 | Nov precipitation days = 6.4 | Dec precipitation days = 8.1 | year precipitation days = 68.0 | source = NOAA ==Composition==

There are 39 neighbourhoods in Doğanşehir District: • Altıntop • Beğre • Bıçakcı • Çavuşlu • Çığlık • Çömlekoba • Dedeyazı • Doğu • Elmalı • Erkenek • Esentepe • Eskiköy • Fındıkköy • Gövdeli • Günedoğru • Gürobası • Güzelköy • Hudut • Kadılı • Kapıdere • Karanlıkdere • Karaterzi • Karşıyaka • Kelhalil • Küçüklü • Kurucaova • Örencik • Polat • Polatderesi • Reşadiye • Şatırobası • Savaklı • Söğüt • Suçatı • Sürgü • Topraktepe • Yeni • Yolkoru • Yuvalı ==History==

The 2nd-century geographer Claudius Ptolemy records the city as Zizoatra (), part of the province () of Lauiansene in Cappadocia. In Byzantine times, it was known as Sozopetra () and Zapetra (, in Arabic). ==Economy==

Significant improvements in the fruit industry has made agriculture the District's most important source of income. It includes apricots and an increase in the production of apples. Livestock is usually farmed in the village. Both the district and the villages of central and traditional values, importance is given to local custom. Tourism, mountaineering and monitoring local wildlife are also new attractions. ==Transport==

Doğanşehir has a railway station on the line from Malatya to Adana. State road D.850 passes through the district. ==See also==

• Doğanşehirliler Derneği, Malatya • Doğanşehir ilçe Emniyet Müdürlüğü