Defne

Defne is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 155 km2, and its population is 139,605. The district Defne was created in 2013 from parts of the former central district of Hatay and the district of .
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  • Type: Town with 155,000 residents
  • Description: district of Hatay, south-central Turkey
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Peter and Habib-i Nejjar Mosque.

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.

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

Mosque
Photo: Ahmet KAYNARPUNAR, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antakya and Çekmece.

Photo: Volkanh, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is the capital of , a part of Turkey since 1939. It's best known as the site of Antioch-on-the-Orontes, described in the Bible as one of the first Christian communities.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Defne, , . Its population is 40,226. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

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 3½ km northeast of Defne.

Defne

Latitude
36.1952° or 36° 11′ 43″ north
Longitude
36.1477° or 36° 8′ 52″ east
Population
155,000
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Open location code
8G8R54WX+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8097170572
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9541389
Wiki­data ID
Q16834782
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Defne” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دفنة”
  • Arabic: “دَفْنَةُ”
  • Asturian: “Defne (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Defne”
  • Chechen: “Дефне”
  • German: “Defne”
  • Hebrew: “דפנה (מחוז)”
  • Irish: “Defne”
  • Italian: “Defne”
  • Italian: “distretto di Defne”
  • Kurdish: “Defne”
  • Lithuanian: “Defnė”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Defne”
  • Norwegian: “Defne”
  • Russian: “Дефне”
  • Serbian: “Дефне”
  • Tatar: “Дефне”
  • Turkish: “Defne, Hatay”
  • Turkish: “Defne”
  • “Defne”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Defne Belediyesi Hizmet Binası and Defne Kaymakamlığı.

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