Sucular
Sucular is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 272. It is situated in Çukurova. Berdan Dam reservoir is to the east and the Turkish state highway D.400 is to the south of the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 272 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Tarsus, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Sucular, Tarsus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seven Sleepers Cave.
Seven Sleepers Cave
Cave
Photo: Avniyazici, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eshab-ı Kehf Cave, also known as Ashab-ı Kehf Cave or Seven Sleepers' Cave, is a show cave situated to the north of Tarsus, an ilçe in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Takbaş and Dedeler.
Takbaş
Village
Takbaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 828. It is situated in Çukurova. Çukurova Motorway is to the north and Turkish state highway D.400 is to the south of the village.
Dedeler
Village
Dedeler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 633. It is close to Eshabıkehf, the cave of Seven Sleepers, which is considered as a pilgrimage center by some. Dedeler is situated 3 km west of Sucular.
Taşkuyu
Village
Taşkuyu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 392. It is close to Eshabıkehf, the cave of Seven Sleepers, which is considered a pilgrimage center by some. Taşkuyu is situated 3½ km west of Sucular.
Sucular
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.96186° or 36° 57′ 43″ northLongitude
34.81955° or 34° 49′ 10″ eastPopulation
272Elevation
195 metres (640 feet)Open location code
8G8PXR69+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 1490570932OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
300293Wikidata ID
Q10822079
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Sucular” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Суджулар”
- Dimli (individual language): “Sucular, Tarsus”
- Dimli (individual language): “Sucular”
- Dutch: “Sucular”
- Irish: “Sucular”
- Malay: “Sucular, Tarsus”
- Malay: “Sucular”
- Tatar: “Суҗулар”
- Turkish: “Sucular, Tarsus”
- Turkish: “Sucular”
- Uzbek: “Sucular”
- Vietnamese: “Sucular, Tarsus”
- Vietnamese: “Sucular”
- “Sucular”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sucular”. Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.