Iskenderun

İskenderun is a city in , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 247,000 residents
  • Description: district and city in Hatay, Turkey
  • Also known as: “‘Alexandrétta”, “Al Iskandarun”, “Al-Iskandariya”, “Al-ʼIskandarūn”, “Alejandria de Cilicia”, “Alejandría de Cilicia”, “Aleksandreta”, “Alesandrèta”, “Alessandria di Isso”, “Alexandrétta”, “Alexandria de Cilícia”, “Alexandria de l’Issos”, “Iskandariyah”, “Iskanderun”, “Iskenderiye”, “Iskenderon”, “İskenderon”, “Iskenderum”, “İskenderun”, “İskenderun (distritu)”, “iskenderun (stad)”, “Iskenderūnas”, “Lisandreta”, “Lisandrèta”, “Myriandrus”, “Scanderoon”, “Skanderun”, “Александретта”, “Искендерон”, “Искендерум”, and “الإِسْكَنْدَرُونَةُ”
  • Historically known as: “Alexandretta”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun and İskenderun railway station.

Church
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The Cathedral of the Annunciation, also known as the…

Railway station
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
İskenderun station is the main railway station in the city of İskenderun, .

Iskenderun

Latitude
36.5902° or 36° 35′ 25″ north
Longitude
36.171° or 36° 10′ 16″ east
Population
247,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
UN/LOCODE
TR ISK
Open location code
8G8RH5RC+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14644309
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
311111
Wiki­data ID
Q174341
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Wu Chinese—“Iskenderun” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀλεξανδρέττα”
  • Arabic: “إسكندرونة”
  • Arabic: “الإسكندرونة”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրեթ”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրետտա”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրիա Կատիսոն” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրիա Սկաբիոսա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրիոլա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Իսսոսյան Ալեքսանդրիա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Իսքենդերուն”
  • Armenian: “Կիլիկյան Ալեքսանդրիա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Փոքր Ալեքսանդրիա” (historical)
  • Asturian: “İskenderun”
  • Azerbaijani: “İskəndərun”
  • Basque: “İskenderun”
  • Belarusian: “Іскендэрун”
  • Breton: “İskenderun”
  • Bulgarian: “Искендерун”
  • Catalan: “İskenderun”
  • Cebuano: “İskenderun”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەسکەندەروون”
  • Chechen: “Искендерун”
  • Chinese: “伊斯肯德伦”
  • Chinese: “伊斯肯德倫”
  • Croatian: “Iskenderun”
  • Czech: “İskenderun”
  • Dutch: “İskenderun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسكندرون”
  • Esperanto: “İskenderun”
  • Finnish: “İskenderun”
  • French: “Alexandrette”
  • French: “İskenderun”
  • Gagauz: “İskenderun”
  • Galician: “Iskenderun”
  • Georgian: “ისქენდერუნი”
  • German: “İskenderun”
  • German: “Alexandretta” (historical)
  • Gilaki: “اسکندرون”
  • Greek: “Αλεξανδρέττα”
  • Hebrew: “איסכנדרון”
  • Hungarian: “İskenderun”
  • Ido: “İskenderun”
  • Indonesian: “İskenderun”
  • Irish: “İskenderun”
  • Italian: “Alessandretta”
  • Japanese: “イスケンデルン”
  • Kazakh: “Ïskenderwn”
  • Kazakh: “Искендерун”
  • Kazakh: “ىيسكەندەرۋن”
  • Korean: “이스켄데룬”
  • Kurdish: “Îskenderûn”
  • Kurdish: “ئیسکەندەروون”
  • Latin: “Alexandria ad Issum”
  • Latvian: “Iskenderuna”
  • Lithuanian: “Iskenderunas”
  • Lombard: “Lissandretta”
  • Malay: “İskenderun”
  • Mazanderani: “اسکندرون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “İskenderun”
  • Minangkabau: “İskenderun”
  • Moksha: “Искэндэрун”
  • Northern Luri: “اسکندرون”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “İskenderun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “İskenderun”
  • Norwegian: “İskenderun”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alexandreta”
  • Ossetian: “Искендерун”
  • Persian: “اسکندرون”
  • Polish: “Aleksandretta”
  • Polish: “İskenderun”
  • Portuguese: “İskenderun”
  • Pushto: “اسکندرون”
  • Romanian: “İskenderun”
  • Russian: “Искендерун”
  • Scots: “İskenderun”
  • Serbian: “Iskenderun”
  • Serbian: “Искендерун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “İskenderun”
  • Silesian: “İskenderun”
  • Slovenian: “Iskenderun”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اسکندرون”
  • Spanish: “Alejandreta”
  • Swahili: “İskenderun”
  • Swedish: “İskenderun”
  • Tajik: “Искандарун”
  • Tajik: “Искандарӯн”
  • Tatar: “Искендерун”
  • Thai: “อิสเคนเดรุน”
  • Turkish: “İskenderun”
  • Ukrainian: “Іскендерун”
  • Urdu: “اسکندرون”
  • Uzbek: “Aleksandretta”
  • Uzbek: “Iskandarun”
  • Vietnamese: “İskenderun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “İskenderun”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրեակ”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալեքսանտրեթթէ”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալեքսանտրէթ”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալեքսանտրիա” (historical)
  • Western Armenian: “Իսքենտերուն”
  • Western Mari: “Искендерун”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسکندرون”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊斯肯德伦”

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