Şanlıurfa

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Şanlıurfa

Total population

2,143,020

Coordinates37.16°, 38.79°

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

Overview

Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km (50 mi) east of the Euphrates. Its climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

M

Matthew of Edessa

12th-century Armenian historian

B

Bardaisan

Syrian gnostic, scientist, philosopher and poet (154-222)

E

Eusebius of Emesa

Greek Christian theologian, 300–360

T

Theophilus of Edessa

Greek astrologer

Theodore Abu-Qurrah

Greek theologian and bishop

Theodoros of Edessa

Thaddeus of Edessa

Christian saint and one of the seventy disciples of Jesus

Abibus of Edessa

martyr

S

Stephen Bar Sudhaile

5th century Syrian mystic

H

Heraclius of Edessa

east Roman general

Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin

Patriarch of Antioch

Maurelio di Voghenza

Syrian priest

Abramios the Recluse

Christian hermit

Y

Yannis Gesios

footballer

A

Antonis Sapountzis

Greek association football player

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