Iskenderun
İskenderun is a city in Hatay, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey close to the border with Syria. It's a major port and has heavy industry. In 2022 its population was 187,000 but in 2023 this region suffered a major earthquake and is still recovering.
- Town with about 252,000 residents
- …was formerly known as “Alexandretta”
- Description: district and city in Hatay, Turkey
- Also known as“Iskandariyah”“İskenderon”“Myriandrus”“Scanderoon”
Places of Interest
Discover Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun and İskenderun railway station.
Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun
The Cathedral of the Annunciation, also known as the…
İskenderun railway station
İskenderun station is the main railway station in the city of İskenderun, Turkey.
Iskenderun
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Latitude
36.5902° or 36° 35′ 25″ north
Longitude
36.171° or 36° 10′ 16″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR ISK
Open location code
8G8RH5RC+3C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Wu Chinese—“Iskenderun” goes by many names.
ἈλεξανδρέτταAncient Greek (to 1453)
إسكندرونةArabic
الإِسْكَنْدَرُونَةُArabic
ԱլեքսանդրեթArmenian
ԱլեքսանդրետտաArmenian
Ալեքսանդրիա Կատիսոն (historical)Armenian
Ալեքսանդրիա Սկաբիոսա (historical)Armenian
Ալեքսանդրիոլա (historical)Armenian
Իսսոսյան Ալեքսանդրիա (historical)Armenian
ԻսքենդերունArmenian
Կիլիկյան Ալեքսանդրիա (historical)Armenian
Փոքր Ալեքսանդրիա (historical)Armenian
İskenderunAsturian
İskenderun (distritu)Asturian
İskəndərunAzerbaijani
AlexandretaBasque
İskenderunBasque
ІскендэрунBelarusian
İskenderunBreton
ИскендерунBulgarian
AlexandretaCatalan
Alexandria de CilíciaCatalan
Alexandria de l’IssosCatalan
İskenderunCatalan
İskenderunCebuano
ئەسکەندەروونCentral Kurdish
ИскендерунChechen
伊斯肯德伦Chinese
伊斯肯德倫Chinese
IskenderunCroatian
AlexandrettaCzech
İskenderunCzech
AlexandrettaDutch
AlexandretteDutch
İskenderunDutch
iskenderun (stad)Dutch
اسكندرونEgyptian Arabic
İskenderunEsperanto
İskenderunFinnish
İskenderunGagauz
AlexandretaGalician
IskenderunGalician
ისქენდერუნიGeorgian
Alexandretta (historical)German
اسکندرونGilaki
ΑλεξανδρέτταGreek
איסכנדרוןHebrew
अलेक्सांद्रेताHindi
इस्कंदरूनHindi
İskenderunHungarian
İskenderunIdo
İskenderunIndonesian
İskenderunIrish
AlessandrettaItalian
Alessandria di IssoItalian
IskanderunItalian
IskenderonItalian
İskenderunItalian
イスケンデルンJapanese
ÏskenderwnKazakh
ИскендерунKazakh
ىيسكەندەرۋنKazakh
이스켄데룬Korean
ÎskenderûnKurdish
ئیسکەندەروونKurdish
Alexandria ad IssumLatin
AleksandretaLatvian
IskenderunaLatvian
IskenderunLithuanian
IskenderūnasLithuanian
AlesandrètaLombard
IskenderunLombard
LisandrètaLombard
LissandrettaLombard
İskenderunMalay
اسکندرونMazanderani
İskenderunMin Nan Chinese
İskenderunMinangkabau
ИскэндэрунMoksha
اسکندرونNorthern Luri
İskenderunNorwegian
AlexandrettaNorwegian Bokmål
AlexandretteNorwegian Bokmål
İskenderunNorwegian Bokmål
AlexandrettaNorwegian Nynorsk
İskenderunNorwegian Nynorsk
AlexandretaOccitan (post 1500)
ИскендерунOssetian
اسکندرونPersian
AleksandrettaPolish
IskenderumPolish
İskenderunPolish
اسکندرونPushto
AlexandrettaRomanian
İskenderunRomanian
АлександреттаRussian
ИскендеронRussian
ИскендерунRussian
İskenderunScots
İskenderunSerbian
ИскендерумSerbian
ИскендерунSerbian
İskenderunSerbo-Croatian
İskenderunSilesian
AleksandretaSlovenian
IskenderunSlovenian
اسکندرونSouth Azerbaijani
İskenderunSwahili
Al-IskandariyaSwedish
Al-ʼIskandarūnSwedish
AlexandréttaSwedish
AlexandretteSwedish
Alexandria ad IssumSwedish
IskandarunSwedish
IskanderunSwedish
IskenderiyeSwedish
IskenderumSwedish
İskenderunSwedish
ScanderoonSwedish
SkanderunSwedish
ИскандарӯнTajik
ИскендерунTatar
อิสเคนเดรุนThai
AlexandrettaTurkish
AlexandretteTurkish
İskenderunTurkish
ІскендерунUkrainian
اسکندرونUrdu
AleksandrettaUzbek
IskandarunUzbek
İskenderunVietnamese
İskenderunWaray (Philippines)
ԱլեքսանդրեակWestern Armenian
ԱլեքսանտրեթթէWestern Armenian
ԱլեքսանտրէթWestern Armenian
Ալեքսանտրիա (historical)Western Armenian
ԻսքենտերունWestern Armenian
ИскендерунWestern Mari
اسکندرونWestern Panjabi
伊斯肯德伦Wu Chinese
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