Şahinbey

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Şahinbey

Total population

886,476

Founded

1987

Elevation833 m

Land area939 km²

Coordinates37.06°, 37.38°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Şahinbey is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 960 km2, and its population is 941,055 (2022). It was named after Şahin Bey (1877–1920), a Turkish National Movement commander. It covers the southern part of the agglomeration of Gaziantep and the adjacent countryside. It is the location of a large amount of student housing for the public University of Gaziantep, as well as the site of two private universities: Zirve and Hasan Kalyoncu.

Geography

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

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

M

Mustafa Etoğlu

Turkish association football player (born 1995)

Soner Örnek

Turkish association football player (born 1989)

T

Tufan Kelleci

Turkish association football player (born 1993)

İ

İbrahim Halil Yaşar

Turkish association football player (born 1994)

Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı

Turkish gymnast (born 1990)

Şamil Tayyar

Turkish journalist and statesperson (born 1965)

Mustafa Ferit Arsan

Turkish statesperson (1876–1941)

Esma Kevser Aksan

Turkish association football player (born 1996)

R

Ramazan Özkabak

Turkish association football player (born 1996)

M

Müslüm Talşik

Turkish association football player (born 1996)

S

Serkan Bakan

Turkish association football player (born 2001)

Y

Yunus Şencay

Turkish association football player (born 1997)

B

Burak Evren

Turkish association football player (born 2000)

S

Sermet Atay

Turkish attorney and statesperson (born 1964)

C

Cahit Tanyol

Turkish sociologist and writer (1914–2020)

H

Halil Bağcı

Turkish association football player (born 2003)

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

Nearby places in Gaziantep

• Gaziantep
  0.4 mi away · pop. 2,164,134
• Şehitkamil
  1.4 mi away · pop. 749,322
• Oğuzeli
  9.6 mi away · pop. 30,167
• Yavuzeli
  20.7 mi away · pop. 21,591
• Nizip
  23.3 mi away · pop. 139,304
• Araban
  30.6 mi away · pop. 31,987
• Karkamış
  37.6 mi away · pop. 10,436
• Cherni Vrah
  678.3 mi away
• Jelad
  679.3 mi away
• Novo Iankovo
  680.1 mi away
• Kosovo
  681.9 mi away
• Byal Bryag
  682.5 mi away

Browse all places in Gaziantep →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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