Samandağ

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Samandağ

Total population

121,109

Coordinates36.09°, 35.98°

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

Overview

Samandağ, formerly known as Süveydiye, is a resort town and municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 384 km2, and its population is 123,447 (2022). It lies at the mouth of the Asi River on the Mediterranean coast, near Turkey's border with Syria, 25 km (16 mi) from the city of Antakya. In February 2023, the town was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

F

Fuat Çay

Turkish attorney and statesperson (born 1949)

G

Gülbin Su

Turkish para archer (born 1971)

H

Hakob Norouni

Armenian writer (1926-1985)

Martiros Gushagechyan

Pōġos Snapean

A

Artin Demirci

Turkish painter (born 1959)

C

Cemali̇ Sertel

Turkish association football player (born 2000)

A

Arsen Tchanyan

Armenian poet

Tülay Hatimoğulları

Turkish economist and statesperson (born 1977)

R

Refik Eryılmaz

Turkish statesperson (born 1964)

Emrah Karaçay

Turkish statesperson (born 1987)

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

Nearby places in Hatay

• Antakya
  13.1 mi away · pop. 365,402
• Belen
  30.5 mi away · pop. 31,571
• Dörtyol
  53.6 mi away · pop. 121,423
• Velký Pěčín
  1371 mi away · pop. 144
• Hostkovice
  1371.9 mi away · pop. 73
• Dolní Němčice
  1372 mi away · pop. 359
• Lipolec
  1373.1 mi away · pop. 203
• Volfířov
  1373.4 mi away · pop. 217
• Markvarec
  1374.7 mi away · pop. 128
• Řečice
  1374.7 mi away · pop. 132
• Sumrakov
  1377.8 mi away · pop. 109
• Klášter I
  1378.3 mi away · pop. 49

Browse all places in Hatay →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.