Demirköprü
Demirköprü is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,011. The village was the birthplace of Yusuf al-Sa'dun, a commander in the Hananu Revolt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,010 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Antakya, Hatay, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Aksuvatlı”, “Demirkoeprue”, “Demirköprü Köyü”, “Demirköprü, Antakya”, “Gephyra”, and “Gısrihadit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancient Alalakh and Tell Tayinat.
Ancient Alalakh
Photo: Fkitselis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alalakh is an ancient archaeological site approximately 20 kilometres northeast of Antakya in what is now Turkey's Hatay Province. It flourished as an urban settlement in the Middle and Late Bronze Age, c. Ancient Alalakh is situated 3 km east of Demirköprü.
Tell Tayinat
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell Ta'yinat is a low-lying ancient tell on the east bank at the bend of the Orontes River where it flows through the Amuq valley, in the Hatay province of Mediterranean Turkey about 25 kilometers south east of Antakya, and lies near Tell Atchana, the site of the ancient city of Alalakh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include At-Telul and Avsuyu.
At-Telul
Village
Al-Tlul or Al-Tloul is a Syrian village located in Salqin Nahiyah in Harem District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Al-Tlul had a population of 1703 in the 2004 census. At-Telul is situated 6 km southeast of Demirköprü.
Avsuyu
Village
Avsuyu is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,124. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Avsuyu is situated 7 km southwest of Demirköprü.
Hir Jamus Kabir
Village
Hir Jamus Kabir is a Syrian village located in Salqin Nahiyah in Harem District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hir Jamus Kabir had a population of 833 in the 2004 census. Hir Jamus Kabir is situated 9 km southeast of Demirköprü.
Demirköprü
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Antakya, Hatay, Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.248° or 36° 14′ 53″ northLongitude
36.35378° or 36° 21′ 14″ eastPopulation
1,010Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)Open location code
8G8R69X3+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 2286898299OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
317179Wikidata ID
Q10754362
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Demirköprü” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر الحديد”
- Chechen: “Демиркоьпруь”
- Chinese: “德米克普魯”
- Chinese: “德米克普鲁”
- German: “Demirköprü”
- Greek: “Demirköprü, Antakya”
- Greek: “Γέφυρα Συρίας”
- Hebrew: “גשר הברזל (אנטקיה)”
- Irish: “Demirköprü”
- Tatar: “Демиркөпрү”
- Turkish: “Demirköprü, Antakya”
- Turkish: “Demirköprü”
- Turkish: “Makdoğan”
- Vietnamese: “Demirköprü, Antakya”
- Vietnamese: “Demirköprü”
- Yoruba: “Demirköprü”
- “Demirköprü”
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