Nisibis

Nisibis is an archaeological site in , . Nisibis is situated nearby to , as well as near the suburb .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis and Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex.

Church
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Mar Yakov Church or Mor Yakup Church, also known as the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis, is a historic church in , southeastern . Archaeological excavations revealed that the 4th-century church building was originally the baptistery of a cathedral, which no longer exists. is situated 350 metres northwest of Nisibis.

Mosque
Zeynel Abiddin Mosque Complex is a historic religious building complex in , , southeastern . It is located in the Nusaybin district of at. is situated 370 metres northwest of Nisibis.

Railway station
Nusaybin station is a railway station in the town of in next to the – border. The station is the easternmost station in Turkey on the Baghdad Railway. is situated 1½ km northeast of Nisibis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nusaybin and Qamishli.

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is a city in , with a predominantly Kurdish population in 2023 of 119,000. It's on the border with Syria but there is nowadays no crossing here, and the north-south road has been torn up and replaced by a minefield.

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is a city in the , on the border with Turkey, facing the city of on the side of the border.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village is populated by Kurds of the Koçekan tribe and had a population of 2,289 in 2021. is situated 3½ km north of Nisibis.

Nisibis

Latitude
37.06417° or 37° 3′ 51″ north
Longitude
41.217° or 41° 13′ 1″ east
Elevation
464 metres (1,522 feet)
Open location code
8H933678+MQ
Geo­Names ID
11395899
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