Turkey
Gaziantep Province
Karkamış İlçesi

Yarımca

Yarımca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . The village had a population of 61 in 2022 and is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.
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  • Type: Village with 66 residents
  • Description: mahalle (adminstrative quarter) in Karkamış, Gaziantep, south-central Turkey
  • Also known as: “Yarimca”, “Yarımca, Karkamış”, and “Yarymdzha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carchemish.

Photo: JoJan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelled Karkemish, was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires. is situated 2½ km east of Yarımca.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karkamış and Karanfil.

is a small border town in , noted for being the site of the ancient city of Carchemish.

Village
, formerly and still informally called Çakıroğlu, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 165 in 2022. It is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.

Town
is a city administratively belonging to . lies on the western bank of the and north of , just south of the Syria–Turkey border and the Turkish town of . is situated 3 km southeast of Yarımca.

Yarımca

Latitude
36.83732° or 36° 50′ 14″ north
Longitude
37.98912° or 37° 59′ 21″ east
Population
66
Elevation
358 metres (1,175 feet)
Open location code
8G8VRXPQ+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2523335387
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
435967
Wiki­data ID
Q10836977
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In Other Languages

From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Yarımca” goes by many names.
  • Chechen: “Йаримджа”
  • German: “Yarımca”
  • Irish: “Yarımca”
  • Tatar: “Ярымҗа”
  • Turkish: “Yarımca, Karkamış”
  • Turkish: “Yarımca”
  • Uzbek: “Yarımca”
  • Vietnamese: “Yarımca, Karkamış”
  • Vietnamese: “Yarımca”
  • “Yarımca”

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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 “Yarımca”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.