Halfeti

Halfeti is a town in the flooded Euphrates river gorge in , with a population of 9100 in 2022. It's a scenic location with several half-submerged buildings.
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  • Type: Town with 38,300 residents
  • Description: district und town of Şanlıurfa, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Halfeti (distritu)”, “Yeni Halfeti”, “قلعة الروم”, and “قلعة المسلمين”
Photo: Qubated, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karaotlak.

Suburb
Photo: Ferrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Halfeti

Latitude
37.2309° or 37° 13′ 51″ north
Longitude
37.9457° or 37° 56′ 45″ east
Population
38,300
Elevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)
Open location code
8G9V6WJW+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 125580947
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
312862
Wiki­data ID
Q258838
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Halfeti” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حلفتي”
  • Arabic: “خلفتي”
  • Armenian: “Խալֆաթի”
  • Asturian: “Halfeti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Halfeti”
  • Cebuano: “Halfeti”
  • Central Kurdish: “خەلفەتی”
  • Chechen: “ХӀалфети”
  • Chinese: “哈爾費蒂”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xelfeti”
  • Dutch: “Halfeti”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خلفتى”
  • French: “Halfeti”
  • Gagauz: “Halfeti”
  • German: “Halfeti”
  • Gilaki: “خلفتي”
  • Irish: “Halfeti”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Halfeti”
  • Japanese: “ハルフェティ”
  • Kurdish: “Xelfetî”
  • Malay: “Halfeti”
  • Mazanderani: “خلفتی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Halfeti”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Halfeti”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Halfeti”
  • Norwegian: “Halfeti”
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “روم قلعه”
  • Persian: “خلفتی”
  • Polish: “Halfeti”
  • Russian: “Халфети”
  • Serbian: “Халфети”
  • Swahili: “Halfeti”
  • Tatar: “Халфети (Һалфети)”
  • Tatar: “Халфети”
  • Turkish: “Halfeti”
  • Ukrainian: “Халфеті”
  • Urdu: “خلفتی”
  • Uzbek: “Halfeti”
  • Vietnamese: “Halfeti”
  • Western Mari: “Халфети”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ہالفیٹی”

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