Karkamış railway station
Karkamış railway station is a railway station in Karkamış İlçesi, Gaziantep Province. Karkamış railway station is situated nearby to the border checkpoint Jarablus, as well as near the village Yarımca.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carchemish.
Carchemish
Photo: JoJan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Carchemish is situated 1½ km east of Karkamış railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karkamış and Yarımca.
Karkamış
Karkamış is a small border town in Southeastern Anatolia, noted for being the site of the ancient city of Carchemish.Yarımca
Village
Yarımca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karkamış, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 61 in 2022 and is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.
Jarabulus
Town
Jarabulus is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Aleppo Governorate. Jarabulus lies on the western bank of the Euphrates and north of Euphrates Lake, just south of the Syria–Turkey border and the Turkish town of Karkamış.
Karkamış railway station
- Type: Railway station
- Description: a railway station of Gaziantep, Turkey
- Categories: station located on surface, last station, historic building, station, and transportation
- Location: Karkamış İlçesi, Gaziantep Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
36.83083° or 36° 49′ 51″ northLongitude
37.99979° or 37° 59′ 59″ eastElevation
331 metres (1,086 feet)Operator
TCDDNetwork
TR-railwayOpen location code
8G8VRXJX+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1028217031OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q115138713
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Karkamış railway station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة كركميش”
- French: “Karkamış”
- Turkish: “Karkamış Tren İstasyonu”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jarablus and Karkamış Kaymakamlık Lojmanı Polis Noktası.
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