Artuklu

Artuklu is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 885 km2, and its population is 189,769. It encompasses the city of and the adjacent countryside to the north and southeast.
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  • Type: Town with 187,000 residents
  • Description: district of Mardin, southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Artuklu, Mardin” and “Mardin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mardin Museum and Mardin Castle.

Museum
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is a museum in , …

Castle
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is a 3,000 year old defensive fortification in the city of , Turkey. It is known as the Eagle's Nest. The castle has been used as a military base as part of a NATO agreement and hosts a radar station due to its position 1,000 meters above the Mesopotamian plain.

Mosque
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mardin and Yalım.

Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , with a population of 194,000 in 2023, and industries based on agriculture. It has an attractive old town, with decorated stone buildings cascading down the sides of a valley, and views over the Mesopotamian plains below.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Artuklu, , . Its population is 25,803. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. It is populated by Kurds of the Daşî and Meşkinan tribes.

Village
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Artuklu, in . The village is populated by Kurds of non-tribal affiliation and had a population of 1,341 in 2021. is situated 3½ km southeast of Artuklu.

Artuklu

Latitude
37.321° or 37° 19′ 16″ north
Longitude
40.7251° or 40° 43′ 31″ east
Population
187,000
Elevation
985 metres (3,232 feet)
Open location code
8H928PCG+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2479710430
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9552222
Wiki­data ID
Q16251875
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Artuklu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الأرتقية”
  • Arabic: “الأرْتقِيَّةُّ”
  • Armenian: “Արթուքլու”
  • Asturian: “Artuklu (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Artuklu”
  • Cebuano: “Artuklu”
  • Chechen: “Артуклу”
  • German: “Artuklu”
  • Irish: “Artuklu”
  • Italian: “Artuklu”
  • Japanese: “アルトゥクル”
  • Kurdish: “Ertuqî, Mêrdîn”
  • Kurdish: “Ertuqî”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Artuklu”
  • Norwegian: “Artuklu”
  • Persian: “آرتوکلو (ترکیه)”
  • Persian: “آرتوکلو”
  • Portuguese: “Artuklu”
  • Serbian: “Артуклу”
  • Tatar: “Артуклу”
  • Turkish: “Artuklu, Mardin”
  • Turkish: “Artuklu”
  • Ukrainian: “Артуклу”

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