Turkey
Gaziantep Province
Şehitkamil

Şehitkamil

Şehitkamil is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,290 km2, and its population is 857,167. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of and the adjacent countryside.
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  • Type: Town with 749,000 residents
  • Description: district of Gaziantep, south-central Turkey
  • Also known as: “Şehitkâmil district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zeugma Mosaic Museum and Gaziantep Castle.

Museum
Photo: Atomsaskal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, in the city of , , is the biggest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1700 m2 of mosaics. It opened to the public on 9 September 2011.

Castle
Photo: Kpisimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle on top of a mound in the centre of , Turkey. First used as an observation point during the Hittite Empire, it was expanded into a castle during Roman rule. The castle was severely damaged by earthquakes in February 2023.

Mosque
Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boyacı Camii, also called Boyacıoğlu Camii or Kadı Kemalettin Camii is a Mosque in , . It is located in the district of the city at the intersection of Kutlar Street and Hamdi Kutlar Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabi and Gaziantep.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,194.

Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . Although it is a major city in Turkey and known as the Turkish capital of gastronomy, it counts very few international tourists. It has a quiet atmosphere and the locals are friendly.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 960 km2, and its population is 941,055. It was named after Şahin Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander.

Şehitkamil

Latitude
37.07276° or 37° 4′ 22″ north
Longitude
37.39498° or 37° 23′ 42″ east
Population
749,000
Elevation
860 metres (2,822 feet)
Open location code
8G9V39FV+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 961697683
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7619145
Wiki­data ID
Q388703
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Şehitkamil” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شهيد كامل”
  • Arabic: “قضاء شهيد كامل”
  • Armenian: “Շեհիթքամիլ”
  • Asturian: “Şehitkâmil (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Şehitkâmil”
  • Catalan: “Şehitkamil”
  • Cebuano: “Şehitkamil”
  • Chechen: “ШехӀиткамил”
  • Chinese: “Şehitkamil”
  • Chinese: “悉嘎米”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Şehitkamil”
  • Dutch: “Şehitkamil (district)”
  • Dutch: “Sehitkamil”
  • Dutch: “Şehitkamil”
  • French: “Şehitkamil”
  • German: “Sehitkamil”
  • German: “Şehitkamil”
  • Irish: “Şehitkâmil”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Şehitkamil”
  • Kurdish: “Alêban”
  • Kurdish: “Şehîdkamîl”
  • Malay: “Şehitkamil”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Şehitkamil”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Şehitkamil”
  • Norwegian: “Şehitkamil”
  • Persian: “شهیدکامل”
  • Russian: “Шехиткамиль”
  • Scots: “Şehitkamil”
  • Serbian: “Шехиткамил”
  • Spanish: “Şehitkamil”
  • Swahili: “Şehitkamil”
  • Tatar: “Шеһиткамил (Шеһиткамил)”
  • Tatar: “Шеһиткамил”
  • Thai: “เชฮิตคามิล”
  • Turkish: “Mehmet Kamil”
  • Turkish: “Şehit Kamil”
  • Turkish: “Şehitkamil, Gaziantep”
  • Turkish: “Şehitkâmil, Gaziantep”
  • Turkish: “Şehitkamil”
  • Turkish: “Şehitkâmil”
  • Urdu: “شاہد کامل”
  • Urdu: “شہید کامل”
  • Vietnamese: “Şehitkamil”
  • Vietnamese: “Şehitkâmil”
  • Western Mari: “Шехиткамиль”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع شہیتکامل”
  • “Şehitkâmil ilçesi”

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