Kuruyer

Kuruyer is a village in , and has about 1,020 residents. Kuruyer is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
  • Type: Village with 1,020 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Antakya, Hatay, south-central Turkey
  • Also known as: “Kuriye”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Peter and Silpium.

Cave
Photo: Volkan, CC BY 2.5.
The near , is composed of a carved into the mountainside on Mount Starius with a depth of 13 m, a width of 9.5 m and a height of 7 m. is situated 3 km northwest of Kuruyer.

Peak
is the ancient mountain above Antioch on the Orontes where Io, the daughter of Inachus, dies of grief in the version of the Greek myth preserved by the Syrian historian Ioannis Malalas. In modern Turkish, it is called Habib-i Neccar Dağı.

Mosque
Photo: GrandEscogriffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historical mosque in Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey named after Habib the Carpenter. The mosque is to the east of . The mosque was severely damaged by earthquakes in February 2023. is situated 3 km northwest of Kuruyer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Küçükdalyan and Defne.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 10,600. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 4 km northwest of Kuruyer.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 155 km2, and its population is 165,494. The district was created in 2013 from parts of the former central district of Hatay and the district of . is situated 4½ km west of Kuruyer.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 18,445. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is 5 kilometres north east of the city center. is situated 5 km north of Kuruyer.

Kuruyer

Latitude
36.18652° or 36° 11′ 12″ north
Longitude
36.19476° or 36° 11′ 41″ east
Population
1,020
Elevation
416 metres (1,365 feet)
Open location code
8G8R55PV+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1576983392
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
438088
Wiki­data ID
Q5999103
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Kuruyer” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القورية”
  • Basque: “Kuruyer”
  • Catalan: “Kuruyer”
  • Cebuano: “Kuruyer”
  • Chechen: “Куруйер”
  • Czech: “Kuruyer”
  • Danish: “Kuruyer”
  • Dutch: “Kuruyer”
  • Finnish: “Kuruyer”
  • Galician: “Kuruyer”
  • German: “Kuruyer”
  • Irish: “Kuruyer”
  • Italian: “Kuruyer”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kuruyer”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuruyer”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kuruyer”
  • Polish: “Kuruyer”
  • Portuguese: “Kuruyer”
  • Romanian: “Kuruyer”
  • Scots: “Kuruyer”
  • Slovak: “Kuruyer”
  • Slovenian: “Kuruyer”
  • Spanish: “Kuruyer”
  • Swedish: “Kuruyer”
  • Tagalog: “Kuruyer”
  • Tatar: “Куруер”
  • Turkish: “Kuruyer, Antakya”
  • Turkish: “Kuruyer”
  • Vietnamese: “Kuruyer, Antakya”
  • Vietnamese: “Kuruyer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kuruyer”
  • “Kuruyer”

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