Samsat

Samsat, formerly Samosata is a small town in the of , situated on the upper river. It is the seat of .
  • Type: Town with 7,990 residents
  • Description: district and town in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Samîsad”, “Samissade”, “Samosata”, “Samosate”, “Samsat (distritu)”, “Şamuşad”, “Semisat”, “Sumeysat”, “Σάμσατ”, “サムサト”, “サムスッタ”, “サモサタ”, and “薩姆薩特”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yarımbağ and Uzuntepe.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. is situated 2½ km north of Samsat.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. is situated 4 km southwest of Samsat.

Samsat

Latitude
37.5785° or 37° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
38.48092° or 38° 28′ 51″ east
Population
7,990
Elevation
587 metres (1,926 feet)
Open location code
8G9WHFHJ+99
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Samsat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صمصاد”
  • Armenian: “Սամսատ”
  • Asturian: “Samsat”
  • Bulgarian: “Самсат”
  • Catalan: “Samsat”
  • Cebuano: “Samsat”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەمیساد”
  • Chechen: “Самсат”
  • Chinese: “萨姆萨特”
  • Czech: “Samsat”
  • Danish: “Samsat”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Semsat”
  • Dutch: “Samsat”
  • Finnish: “Samsat”
  • French: “Samsat”
  • German: “Samsat”
  • Greek: “Σαμόσατα”
  • Hebrew: “סאמסאט”
  • Irish: “Samsat”
  • Italian: “Samsat”
  • Japanese: “サムサット”
  • Kurdish: “Semîsad”
  • Lak: “Самсат”
  • Malay: “Samsat, Turki”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Samsat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samsat”
  • Norwegian: “Samsat”
  • Ossetian: “Самсат”
  • Persian: “سامسات”
  • Polish: “Samsat”
  • Portuguese: “Samessate”
  • Portuguese: “Sansate”
  • Romanian: “Samsat, Turkey”
  • Romanian: “Samsat”
  • Russian: “Самсат”
  • Serbian: “Самсат”
  • Slovenian: “Samsat”
  • Swahili: “Samsat, Turkey”
  • Tatar: “Самсат”
  • Turkish: “Samsat”
  • Urdu: “سامسات”
  • Urdu: “صمصاد”
  • Uzbek: “Samsat”
  • Vietnamese: “Samsat”
  • Western Mari: “Самсат”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع سامساٹ”
  • “Samsat”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Örentaş and İnceali.

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Highlights: Samsat İlçe Devlet Hastanesi and Samsat Kaymakamlık Lojmanı Polis Noktası.

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