Aknehir
Aknehir is a village in Defne, Hatay and has about 1,600 residents. Aknehir is situated nearby to the neighborhood Nahırlı, as well as near the village Sinanlı.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,600 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Defne, Hatay, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Akınyolu”, “Aknehir, Defne”, “Asakiriye”, and “Asakirli”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of St. Simeon Stylites.
Monastery of St. Simeon Stylites
Church
The Monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger is a former Christian monastery that lies on a hill roughly 29 kilometres southwest of Antakya and six kilometres to the east of Samandağ, in the southernmost Turkish province of Hatay. Monastery of St. Simeon Stylites is situated 3 km west of Aknehir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuşalanı and Sutaşı.
Kuşalanı
Village
Kuşalanı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Samandağ, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,139. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Kuşalanı is situated 5 km west of Aknehir.
Sutaşı
Village
Sutaşı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Samandağ, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,402. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Sutaşı is situated 6 km west of Aknehir.
Tomruksuyu
Village
Tomruksuyu is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Samandağ, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,722. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Tomruksuyu is situated 6 km north of Aknehir.
Aknehir
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Defne, Hatay, Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.09773° or 36° 5′ 52″ northLongitude
36.06907° or 36° 4′ 9″ eastPopulation
1,600Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
8G8R33X9+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 8853146089OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9643413Wikidata ID
Q6948236
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Aknehir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العساكرية”
- Armenian: “Ասքարիե”
- Chechen: “АкнехӀир”
- Dutch: “Aknehir”
- German: “Aknehir”
- Tatar: “Акнеһир”
- Turkish: “Aknehir, Defne”
- Turkish: “Aknehir”
- Vietnamese: “Aknehir, Samandağ”
- Vietnamese: “Aknehir”
- “Aknehir”
Localities in the Area
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