Tarsus

Tarsus is a city on the Çukurova or of Mediterranean Turkey, with a population of 631,000 in 2022. It's modern and industrial, hosting the regional airport, but with a few antiquities.
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  • Type: Town with 347,000 residents
  • Description: district and town in Mersin, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Antiochia ad Cydnum”, “Antiochia al Cidno”, “Antioquia del Cidnos”, “Arzobispado de Tarso”, “Ciutat de Tars”, “Kota Tarsus”, “Mint of Tarsus”, “Tarse en Cilicie”, “Tarsi”, “Tarso di Cilicia”, “Tarso en Cilicia”, “Tarso in Cilicia”, “Tarsous”, “Tarsus (stad)”, “Tarsus, Mersin”, “Tarsusas”, “Tartso”, “ville de Tarse”, “Αντιόχεια”, “Тарсос”, “תרסוס”, “ترسوس”, “طَرَسُوسُ”, “قضاء طرسوس”, “타르소스”, “タルソス”, and “塔爾索”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of St. Paul and Tarsus Old Mosque.

Church
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, GFDL.
Saint Paul's Church is a former church in Tarsus, , . This church was built on the birthplace, to commemorate him as a key figure in Christianity.

Mosque
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church Mosque or Old Mosque is a converted from a historic church that was built in 1102. It is located in Tarsus ilçe of , southern Turkey.

Railway station
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarsus station is a railway station in the city of Tarsus. Tarsus is a city in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolatlı and Aliefendioğlu.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, , . Its population is 1,780. It is situated in the plain along the and south of the Çukurova motorway. is situated 3½ km north of Tarsus.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, , . Its population is 930. It is situated in plains to the south of Tarsus. is situated 4 km south of Tarsus.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, , . Its population is 337. It is situated in and to the south of Tarsus. It is almost merged with Tarsus. Its distance to is about 30 kilometres. is situated 4 km southeast of Tarsus.

Tarsus

Latitude
36.9165° or 36° 54′ 59″ north
Longitude
34.8951° or 34° 53′ 43″ east
Population
347,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
UN/LOCODE
TR TAR
Open location code
8G8PWV8W+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 173106356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
299817
Wiki­data ID
Q134287
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Tarsus” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Tarsusi”
  • Arabic: “طرسوس”
  • Armenian: “Տարսոն”
  • Asturian: “Tarsus”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tarsus”
  • Bashkir: “Тарсус”
  • Basque: “Tarso”
  • Belarusian: “Тарсус”
  • Breton: “Tars”
  • Bulgarian: “Тарс”
  • Catalan: “Tars”
  • Cebuano: “Tarsus (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Central Kurdish: “تارسوس”
  • Chechen: “Тарсус”
  • Chinese: “塔尔苏斯”
  • Chinese: “塔爾蘇斯”
  • Chinese: “大數”
  • Czech: “Tarsus”
  • Danish: “Tarsus”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Tarsus”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Tersus”
  • Dutch: “Tarsus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “طرسوس”
  • Esperanto: “Tarso”
  • Finnish: “Tarsos”
  • French: “Tarse”
  • Gagauz: “Tarsus”
  • Galician: “Tarso”
  • Georgian: “თარსუსი”
  • German: “Tarsus”
  • Gilaki: “طرسۊس”
  • Greek: “Ταρσός”
  • Hebrew: “טרסוס”
  • Hindi: “टार्सस”
  • Hungarian: “Tarsus”
  • Indonesian: “Tarsus, Mersin”
  • Indonesian: “Tarsus”
  • Irish: “Tarsus”
  • Italian: “Tarso”
  • Japanese: “タルスス”
  • Javanese: “Tarsus, Mersin”
  • Javanese: “Tarsus”
  • Korean: “타르수스”
  • Kurdish: “Tarsus”
  • Latin: “Tarsus”
  • Latvian: “Tarsusa”
  • Lithuanian: “Tarsas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tarsus”
  • Macedonian: “Тарс”
  • Malagasy: “Tarsa”
  • Malay: “Tarsus, Mersin”
  • Malay: “Tarsus”
  • Maltese: “Tarsu”
  • Mazanderani: “طرسوس”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dâi-só”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tarsus”
  • Minangkabau: “Tarsus”
  • Moksha: “Тарсус”
  • Northern Luri: “طرسوس”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarsus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tarsus i Mersin”
  • Norwegian: “Tarsus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tars”
  • Ossetian: “Тарсус”
  • Persian: “طرسوس”
  • Polish: “Tars”
  • Polish: “Tarsus”
  • Portuguese: “Tarso”
  • Portuguese: “Tarsus”
  • Romanian: “Tarsos”
  • Russian: “Тарсус”
  • Scots: “Tarsus, Mersin”
  • Scots: “Tarsus”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tarsus”
  • Serbian: “Tars”
  • Serbian: “Тарс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tars”
  • Slovak: “Tarsus”
  • Slovenian: “Tarz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “طرسوس”
  • Spanish: “Tarso”
  • Swahili: “Tarso”
  • Swedish: “Tarsus”
  • Tagalog: “Tarso”
  • Tajik: “Тарсус”
  • Tatar: “Тарсус”
  • Thai: “ตาร์ซัส”
  • Turkish: “Tarsus”
  • Ukrainian: “Тарс”
  • Urdu: “طرسوس، مرسین”
  • Venetian: “Tarso”
  • Vietnamese: “Tarsus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tarsus”
  • Welsh: “Tarsus”
  • Western Frisian: “Tarsus”
  • Western Mari: “Тарсус”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ٹارسس”
  • Wu Chinese: “塔尔苏斯”
  • “Tarsus”

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