Artuklu

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Artuklu

Total population

186,622

Air quality index

40Good

Coordinates37.32°, 40.73°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Artuklu is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 885 km2, and its population is 189,769 (2022). It encompasses the city of Mardin and the adjacent countryside to the north and southeast.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Namık Tan

Turkish diplomat (born 1956)

Yousuf Karsh

Armenian-Canadian photographer (1908–2002)

Ignatius Maloyan

Armenian Catholic archbishop, martyr and saint

Sultan Kösen

tallest living human

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Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian

Armenian Eastern patriarch (1899–1979)

Jahan Shah

The third and greatest sultan of Qara Qoyunlu dynasty (1435–1467)

Ekrem Dağ

Turkish association football player (born 1980)

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Orhan Doğan

Turkish statesperson (1955–2007)

Cigerxwîn

Kurdish polymath and nationalist (1903-1984)

Cindi Tuncel

Turkish-German politician (born 1977)

Elias Mellus

Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan of Mardin (1831-1908)

G

Gregorios Elias Tabé

Syrian prelate (1941–2023)

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Halil Altındere

Turkish artist (born 1971)

Ignatius Andrew Akijan

Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church, 1662-1677

J

Jacques Nessimian

J

Jean Couzian

Turkish Roman Catholic priest (1874–1933)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.