Şehitkamil

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Şehitkamil

Total population

749,322

Founded

1987

Elevation833 m

Land area1290 km²

Coordinates37.07°, 37.39°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Şehitkamil is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,290 km2, and its population is 857,167 (2022). It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Gaziantep and the adjacent countryside. It contains the old city, including Gaziantep Castle, as well as the University of Gaziantep.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Adnan Şenses

Turkish actor and singer (1935–2013)

Yılmaz Onay

Turkish translator and writer (1937–2018)

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Badr al-Din al-Ayni

Sunni Hanafi Islamic scholar (1360–1453 CE)

Hazal Kaya

Turkish actor (born 1990)

Abraham Petros I Ardzivian

Armenian priest (1679-1749)

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Ülkü Tamer

Turkish journalist and translator (1937–2018)

Luther George Simjian

American-Armenian inventor

İbrahim Ferdi Coşkun

Turkish association football player (born 1987)

Tayfur Sökmen

President of Republic of Hatay (1892–1980)

Ahmet Ümit

Turkish writer (born 1960)

Fatma Şahin

Turkish chemical engineer and statesperson (born 1966)

Doğu Perinçek

Turkish author, PhD at public law, and politician

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Kemal Aslan

Turkish association football player (born 1981)

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Dündar Taşer

Turkish military officer and statesperson (1925–1972)

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Derya Büyükuncu

Turkish swimmer (born 1976)

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Cuma Bezgin

Turkish association football player (born 1990)

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

Nearby places in Gaziantep

• Gaziantep
  1.1 mi away · pop. 2,164,134
• Şahinbey
  1.4 mi away · pop. 886,476
• Oğuzeli
  9.7 mi away · pop. 30,167
• Yavuzeli
  19.4 mi away · pop. 21,591
• Nizip
  22.6 mi away · pop. 139,304
• Araban
  29.2 mi away · pop. 31,987
• Nurdağı
  36.8 mi away · pop. 38,740
• Karkamış
  37.3 mi away · pop. 10,436
• Islahiye
  42.1 mi away · pop. 66,941
• Cherni Vrah
  678.3 mi away
• Jelad
  679.3 mi away
• Novo Iankovo
  680.1 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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Books about Şehitkamil

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