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Midyat

Midyat in is a museum city like its neighbour , approximately 1.5 hours away. Rock mansions, gates with arches, Süryani churches with minaret like ascending gong towers, characterize a medieval city.
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  • Type: Town with 119,000 residents
  • Description: town in Midyat District, Mardin Province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Estil”, “Medeat”, and “Mityat”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budaklı and Yolbaşı.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Midyat, in . The village is populated by Mhallami and by Kurds of the Şemikan tribe and had a population of 1,075 in 2021. is situated 4½ km southwest of Midyat.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Midyat, , . Its population is 3,187. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. is situated 6 km southwest of Midyat.

Village
Photo: Êzîdîxan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, historically known as Bajenne is a neighbourhood located in the municipality and district of Midyat, in . The village is located ca. is situated 7 km south of Midyat.

Midyat

Latitude
37.4153° or 37° 24′ 55″ north
Longitude
41.3733° or 41° 22′ 24″ east
Population
119,000
Elevation
949 metres (3,114 feet)
Open location code
8H93C98F+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130193871
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
304382
Wiki­data ID
Q743601
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Midyat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مديات”
  • Armenian: “Միդիադ”
  • Asturian: “Midyat (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Midyat”
  • Bengali: “মিদিয়াত”
  • Bulgarian: “Мидят”
  • Catalan: “Midyat”
  • Cebuano: “Midyat İlçesi”
  • Central Kurdish: “مدیاد”
  • Chechen: “Мидйат”
  • Chinese: “Midyat”
  • Chinese: “米迪亚特”
  • Chinese: “米迪亞特”
  • Dutch: “Midyat (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Midyat”
  • Esperanto: “Midyad”
  • Esperanto: “Midyat”
  • French: “Midyad”
  • French: “Midyat”
  • Gagauz: “Midyat”
  • German: “Midyat”
  • Gilaki: “ميديات”
  • Greek: “Μιντγιάτ”
  • Hungarian: “Midyat”
  • Indonesian: “Midyat”
  • Irish: “Midyat”
  • Italian: “Midyat”
  • Japanese: “ミディヤット”
  • Kurdish: “Midyad”
  • Kurdish: “Mîdyad”
  • Kurdish: “Midyat”
  • Kurdish: “Mîdyat”
  • Kurdish: “مدیاد”
  • Malay: “Midyat”
  • Mazanderani: “میدیات”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Midyat”
  • Minangkabau: “Midyat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Midyat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midyat”
  • Norwegian: “Midyat”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܕܝܕ”
  • Persian: “میدیات”
  • Polish: “Midyat”
  • Romanian: “Midyat”
  • Russian: “Мидьят”
  • Serbian: “Мидијат”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میدیات”
  • Spanish: “Midyat”
  • Swahili: “Midyat”
  • Swedish: “Midjat”
  • Swedish: “Midyat”
  • Tatar: “Мидьят”
  • Turkish: “Midyat”
  • Ukrainian: “Мідьят”
  • Urdu: “مدیات”
  • Uzbek: “Midyat”
  • Venetian: “Midyat”
  • Vietnamese: “Midyat”
  • Western Mari: “Мидьят”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع مدیات”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Midyat”. Photo: Balkanique, CC BY-SA 4.0.