Zeugma
Zeugma was an ancient Hellenistic era Greek and then Roman city of Commagene; located in modern Gaziantep Province, Turkey. It was named for the bridge of boats, or zeugma, that crossed the Euphrates at that location. Zeugma Mosaic Museum contains mosaics from the site, and is one of the largest mosaic museums in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourism
- Description: ancient city of Commagene, in modern-day Turkey
- Also known as: “Zeugma, Commagene”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birecik Dam.
Birecik Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Birecik Dam, one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, is located on the Euphrates River 60 km downstream of Atatürk Dam and 8 km upstream of Birecik town 80 km west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey. Birecik Dam is situated 2 km east of Zeugma.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belkıs and Samandöken.
Belkıs
Village
Belkıs is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nizip, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe and had a population of 196 in 2022.
Samandöken
Village
Samandöken, historically Kehriz, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nizip, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe and had a population of 837 in 2022.
Tilbeş Höyük
Locality
Tilbeş Höyük is an ancient Near East archaeological site inundated by the Birecik Dam located in Şanlıurfa Province in southeastern Turkey. It lies on the left bank of the upper Euphrates river across the river from the Horum Höyük archaeological site. Tilbeş Höyük is situated 3 km north of Zeugma.
Zeugma
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Nizip, Gaziantep Province, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
37.05745° or 37° 3′ 27″ northLongitude
37.87016° or 37° 52′ 13″ eastElevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)Open location code
8G9V3V4C+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2958273983OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yes
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Zeugma” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ζεῦγμα”
- Azerbaijani: “Zevqma (şəhər)”
- Azerbaijani: “Zevqma”
- Catalan: “Zeugma”
- Chinese: “傑歐格瑪”
- Chinese: “宙格玛”
- Chinese: “泽乌格马”
- Chinese: “澤烏格馬”
- Chinese: “澤烏瑪”
- Croatian: “Zeugma (grad)”
- Croatian: “Zeugma”
- Dutch: “Zeugma”
- Esperanto: “Zeugma”
- Finnish: “Zeugma”
- French: “Zeugma”
- German: “Zeugma”
- Greek: “Ζεύγμα”
- Hebrew: “זאוגמה”
- Indonesian: “Zeugma, Commagene”
- Italian: “Zeugma”
- Japanese: “ゼウグマ”
- Kurdish: “Zeugma”
- Luxembourgish: “Zeugma”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܙܘܓܡܐ”
- Persian: “زیوگما (کوماژن)”
- Persian: “زیوگما”
- Polish: “Zeugma (miasto)”
- Polish: “Zeugma”
- Portuguese: “Zeugma (cidade)”
- Portuguese: “Zeugma”
- Russian: “Зевгма (город)”
- Russian: “Зевгма”
- Serbian: “Зеугма”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zeugma (grad)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zeugma”
- Spanish: “Zeugma”
- Turkish: “Zeugma”
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