Karkamış Bucağı
Karkamış Bucağı is a locality in Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Karkamış Bucağı is situated nearby to the locality Eminlik, as well as near the village Yarımca.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carchemish.
Carchemish
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Carchemish, also spelled Karkemish, was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karkamış and Jarabulus.
Karkamış
Karkamış is a small border town in Southeastern Anatolia, noted for being the site of the ancient city of Carchemish.Jarabulus
Town
Jarabulus is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Aleppo Governorate. Jarabulus lies on the western bank of the Euphrates and north of Lake Assad, just south of the Syria–Turkey border and the Turkish town of Karkamış.
Karanfil
Village
Karanfil, formerly and still informally called Çakıroğlu, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karkamış, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 165 in 2022. It is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.
Karkamış Bucağı
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Karkamis Bucagi”
- Location: Gaziantep Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.825° or 36° 49′ 30″ northLongitude
37.9909° or 37° 59′ 27″ eastElevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)Open location code
8G8VRXFR+X8GeoNames ID
12208251
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In Other Languages
“Karkamış Bucağı” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Karkamış Bucağı”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Çakmak Tepesi and Tall Marmá al Ḩajar.
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