Payas

Payas is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 157 km2, and its population is 43,919. The district Payas was created in 2013 from part of the district of .
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  • Type: Town with 40,800 residents
  • Description: district and town in Hatay Province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Aya”, “Baiae”, “Karacami”, and “Yakacık”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sarı Selim Mosque, Payas.

Mosque
Photo: Arif miletli, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karayılan and Karakese.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 9,074. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 5 km south of Payas.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 5,994. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 8 km north of Payas.

Town
, historically Chork Marzban, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 342 km2, and its population is 128,941. It is a port city and oil terminus located 26 km north of the city of , near the easternmost point of the Mediterranean at the head of the Gulf of İskenderun. is situated 9 km north of Payas.

Payas

Latitude
36.75593° or 36° 45′ 21″ north
Longitude
36.2152° or 36° 12′ 55″ east
Population
40,800
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR PAY
Open location code
8G8RQ648+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1713927077
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
297899
Wiki­data ID
Q2674278
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Payas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بياس”
  • Arabic: “بَيَاسُ”
  • Armenian: “Բայաս”
  • Asturian: “Payas”
  • Bulgarian: “Паяс кале”
  • Bulgarian: “Паяс”
  • Catalan: “Payas”
  • Chechen: “Пайас”
  • Chinese: “帕亚斯”
  • Chinese: “帕亞斯”
  • Dutch: “Payas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بياس”
  • French: “Payas”
  • Gagauz: “Payas”
  • German: “Payas”
  • Gilaki: “پایاس”
  • Greek: “Παγιάς”
  • Haitian: “Payas”
  • Irish: “Payas”
  • Japanese: “パヤス”
  • Kurdish: “Peyas, Xetay”
  • Kurdish: “Peyas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pajas”
  • Mazanderani: “پایاس”
  • Minangkabau: “Payas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Payas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Payas”
  • Norwegian: “Payas”
  • Persian: “پایاس”
  • Polish: “Payas”
  • Russian: “Паяс”
  • Serbian: “Пајас”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پایاس”
  • Tatar: “Паяс”
  • Turkish: “Karşı”
  • Turkish: “Payas”
  • Urdu: “پایاس”
  • Uzbek: “Payas”
  • Vietnamese: “Payas”
  • “Payas”

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Localities in the Area

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