Samsat

Samsat, formerly Samosata is a small town in the of , situated on the upper river. It is the seat of .
  • Town with about 7,890 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 590 metres (1,930 feet)
  • …is also known as “Samsat, Turkey”
  • Description: district and town in Turkey
  • Historically known as
    “Samosata”
    “Şamuşad”
    “Sumeysat”

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Latitude
37.5785° or 37° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
38.48092° or 38° 28′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G9WHFHJ+99
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Samsat” goes by many names.
سامساتArabic
صمصادArabic
ՍամսատArmenian
SamsatAsturian
Samsat (distritu)Asturian
СамсатBulgarian
SamsatCatalan
SamsatCebuano
سەمیسادCentral Kurdish
СамсатChechen
萨姆萨特Chinese
薩姆薩特Chinese
SamsatCzech
SamsatDanish
SemsatDimli (individual language)
SamsatDutch
SamsatFinnish
ΣαμόσαταGreek
ΣάμσατGreek
סאמסאטHebrew
SamsatIrish
SamsatItalian
サムサットJapanese
サムサトJapanese
サムスッタJapanese
サモサタJapanese
SemîsadKurdish
СамсатLak
Samsat, TurkiMalay
SamsatMin Nan Chinese
SamsatNorwegian
SamsatNorwegian Bokmål
SamsatRomanian
Samsat, TurkeyRomanian
СамсатRussian
СамсатSerbian
SamsatSlovenian
Samsat, TurkeySwahili
СамсатTatar
SamsatTurkish
سامساتUrdu
صمصادUrdu
SamsatUzbek
SamsatVietnamese
СамсатWestern Mari
ضلع سامساٹWestern Panjabi

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