Nizip
Nizip is a city in Southeastern Anatolia, 50 km east of Gaziantep. Together with its outlying towns such as Birecik it had a population of 150,000 in 2023. Its chief attraction is the Roman site of Zeugma 7 km away, where brilliant mosaics have been found.
- Type: Town with 139,000 residents
- Description: district in Gaziantep Province, Turkey
- Also known as: “Bêlkîs”, “Nezib”, “Nezip”, “Nisibin”, “Nizib”, “Nîzip”, “Nizip (distritu)”, “Низиб”, and “نذب تركيا”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hazımoğlu and Akçakent.
Hazımoğlu
Village
Hazımoğlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nizip, Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
Akçakent
Village
Akçakent is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nizip, Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
Mağaracık
Village
Mağaracık is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nizip, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Mağaracık is situated 4 km south of Nizip.
Nizip
- Categories: city, big city, and locality
- Location: Gaziantep Province, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.0101° or 37° 0′ 36″ north
Longitude
37.7972° or 37° 47′ 50″ east
Population
139,000
Elevation
524 metres (1,719 feet)
Open location code
8G9V2Q6W+2V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nizip” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نزب”
- Armenian: “Նիզիպ”
- Armenian: “Նիզիփ”
- Asturian: “Nizip”
- Azerbaijani: “Nizip”
- Catalan: “Nizip”
- Cebuano: “Nizip”
- Central Kurdish: “بێلقیس(شار)”
- Central Kurdish: “بێلقیس”
- Chechen: “Низип”
- Chinese: “尼济普”
- Chinese: “尼濟普”
- Czech: “Nisib”
- Dutch: “Nizip”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نسيب”
- Esperanto: “Nizip”
- Esperanto: “NIzip”
- French: “Nizip”
- Gagauz: “Nizip”
- German: “Nizip”
- Gilaki: “نيزيپ”
- Greek: “Νιζίπ”
- Hungarian: “Nizip”
- Irish: “Nizip”
- Italian: “Nizip”
- Japanese: “ニジプ”
- Kurdish: “Bêlqîs”
- Kurdish: “بێلقیس”
- Lithuanian: “Nizipas”
- Malay: “Nizip”
- Mazanderani: “نیزیپ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nizip”
- Minangkabau: “Nizip”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nizip”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nizip”
- Norwegian: “Nizip”
- Persian: “نیزیپ”
- Polish: “Nizip”
- Russian: “Низип”
- Russian: “Низипе”
- Scots: “Nizip”
- Serbian: “Nizip”
- Serbian: “Низип”
- South Azerbaijani: “نیزیپ”
- Spanish: “Nizip”
- Swahili: “Nizip”
- Tatar: “Низип”
- Turkish: “Nizip”
- Urdu: “نیزیپ”
- Vietnamese: “Nizip”
- Western Mari: “Низип”
- Western Panjabi: “نیزپ”
- “Nizip”
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