Businesses in Besni

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Besni

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Gas station	47
Education	20
Car repair	19
Corporate management	18
Religion	11
Retail of toys and games	11
Wholesalers	9
Restaurants	9
Telecommunications	6

Besni Facts

Area	1208.8 km²
Population	87,044
Male Population	43,310 (49.8%)
Female Population	43,734 (50.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-3.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-16.2%
Median Age	25.3 years (Male: 24.9, Female: 25.6)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$15,281 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Yeni Besni Mahallesi, Çat Mahallesi, Cirit Meydanı Mahallesi, Erdemoğlu Mahallesi, Korupınar Mahallesi
Local Time
Timezone	Türkiye Standard Time
Lat & Lng	37.69278, 37.86111
Postal Codes	02300, 02302, 02332, 02342

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Besni Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	90,098	110,502	103,820	80,767	87,044	86,409	87,352
Population Density	74.5 / km²	91.4 / km²	85.9 / km²	66.8 / km²	72 / km²	71.5 / km²	72.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Besni Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 16.2% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Besni	-3.4%	-21.2%	-16.2%
Adıyaman Province	—	—	—
Turkey	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Besni Median Age

Median Age: 25.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Besni	25.3 yrs	25.6 yrs	24.9 yrs
Adıyaman Province	24 yrs	24.3 yrs	23.6 yrs
Turkey	29.3 yrs	29.8 yrs	28.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Besni Population Density

Population Density: 72 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Besni	87,044	1,208.8 km²	72 / km²
Adıyaman Province	598,853	7,283.5 km²	82.2 / km²
Turkey	77.8 million	780,782.9 km²	99.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Besni Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Neighborhoods in Besni

Percentage of businesses by neighborhood in Besni

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Besni

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Besni Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$4,798	$5,049	$5,339	$5,873	$7,304	$9,778	$11,286	$15,281
Total GDP	$416.9M	$442.3M	$470M	$474M	$555.7M	$740.1M	$827M	$1.2B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Besni CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Besni	413,258 tn	4.75 tn	341.9 tons/km²
Adıyaman Province	2,834,265 tn	4.73 tn	389.1 tons/km²
Turkey	435,645,812 tn	5.6 tn	558 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Besni CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	413,258 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	4.75 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	341.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (8.7)
Earthquake	High (9.5)
Landslide	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
10/2/18	3:29 PM	4.6	41 km	5,000 m	12km SE of Caglayancerit, Turkey	usgs.gov
4/24/18	12:34 AM	5.2	58.6 km	10,000 m	3km ENE of Samsat, Turkey	usgs.gov
8/18/17	4:30 AM	4.3	29 km	5,470 m	21km NNW of Araban, Turkey	usgs.gov
3/28/17	9:53 PM	4	90.9 km	10,000 m	9km NNW of Elbistan, Turkey	usgs.gov
3/2/17	11:07 AM	5.6	51 km	10,000 m	5km NW of Samsat, Turkey	usgs.gov
3/26/14	2:00 PM	4.4	81.3 km	10,000 m	7km N of Sincik, Turkey	usgs.gov
6/16/13	8:31 PM	4.2	79.8 km	5,300 m	central Turkey	usgs.gov
5/6/13	6:33 PM	4	76.4 km	7,400 m	central Turkey	usgs.gov
4/25/13	10:54 PM	4.3	77.8 km	5,300 m	central Turkey	usgs.gov
4/20/13	11:23 PM	3.4	75.6 km	3,400 m	23km SW of Pazarcik, Turkey	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Besni

Besni is a district of Adıyaman Province of Turkey, 44 km west of the city of Adıyaman. The population of the eponymous city center was 29,102 in 2010. The mayor is İbrahim Öztürk (SP). town was brought into the Islamic world by the Ummayads and bro..

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