Middle East
Turkey
Diyarbakır Province

Yenişehir

Yenişehir is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 358 km2, and its population is 219,759. It covers the southwestern part of the city of and the adjacent countryside.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: Sonrisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 103,000 residents
  • Description: district of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Yenisehir”, “Yenişehir district (Diyarbakır)”, and “Yenişehir, Diyarbakır”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Surp Giragos Church and Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum.

Church
Photo: Rob, GFDL.
The Church of St. Giragos or is a historic Armenian Apostolic church in , . It is the largest Armenian church in the .

Museum
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological museum in , .

Mosque
Photo: MikaelF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque is a historical in , Turkey, best known for its unique minaret based on four columns, dubbed the Four-legged Minaret.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diyarbakır and Bağlar.

Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the largest city in . It is on the Tigris, one of the greatest rivers of the , and is considered by many to be the capital of the Kurdish people.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 429 km2, and its population is 406,471. It covers the southwestern part of the city of and the adjacent countryside.

Town
is municipality and district of , Turkey. Its area is 480 km2, and its population is 419,513. It covers the northwestern part of the city of and the adjacent countryside. is situated 5 km northwest of Yenişehir.

Yenişehir

Latitude
37.92° or 37° 55′ 12″ north
Longitude
40.2299° or 40° 13′ 48″ east
Population
103,000
Elevation
665 metres (2,182 feet)
Open location code
8H92W6CH+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 961416647
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9565316
Wiki­data ID
Q990218
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Yenişehir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Mari—“Yenişehir” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Yenişehir (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Yenişehir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yenişehir”
  • Cebuano: “Yenişehir (distrito sa Turkiya, Diyarbakır)”
  • Cebuano: “Yenişehir”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Yenişehir, Diyarbekır”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Yenişehir”
  • German: “Yenişehir”
  • Irish: “Yenişehir”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Yenişehir”
  • Kurdish: “Bajarê Nû”
  • Kurdish: “باژارێ نوو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yenişehir”
  • Norwegian: “Yenişehir”
  • Persian: “ینیشهیر”
  • Serbian: “Јенишехир”
  • Tatar: “Енишеһир (Диярбакыр)”
  • Tatar: “Енишеһир”
  • Turkish: “Yenişehir, Diyarbakır”
  • Turkish: “Yenişehir”
  • Ukrainian: “Єнішегір”
  • Ukrainian: “Єнішехір”
  • Urdu: “ینی شہر، دیار بکر”
  • Western Mari: “Енишехир”
  • “Yenişehir ilçesi (Diyarbakır)”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Yenişehir”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Adliye Kavşak and 76 Kavşak.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Diyarbakır Adliyesi and Adliye Ek Binası.

Turkey: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Istanbul, Edirne, Ankara, and Izmir.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Yenişehir”. Photo: Sonrisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.