Tarsus
Tarsus is a city on the Çukurova or Cilician Plains 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.
- Town with about 347,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
- Description: district and town in Mersin, Turkey
- Also known as“Antiochia ad Cydnum”“Mint of Tarsus”“Tarsus, Mersin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. Paul and Tarsus Old Mosque.
Church of St. Paul
Saint Paul's Church is a former church in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Tarsus Old Mosque
The Church Mosque or Old Mosque is a mosque converted from a historic church that was built in 1102.
Tarsus railway station
Tarsus station is a railway station in the city of Tarsus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolatlı and Aliefendioğlu.
Bolatlı
Village
Bolatlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Bolatlı is situated 3½ km north of Tarsus.
Aliefendioğlu
Village
Aliefendioğlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality… Aliefendioğlu is situated 4 km south of Tarsus.
Mantaş
Village
Mantaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Mantaş is situated 4 km southeast of Tarsus.
Tarsus
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Latitude
36.9165° or 36° 54′ 59″ north
Longitude
34.8951° or 34° 53′ 43″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR TAR
Open location code
8G8PWV8W+H3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Tarsus” goes by many names.
TarsusiAlbanian
طَرَسُوسُArabic
قضاء طرسوسArabic
ՏարսոնArmenian
TarsusAsturian
TarsusAzerbaijani
ТарсBashkir
ТарсусBashkir
TarsoBasque
TarsosBasque
TartsoBasque
ТарсBelarusian
ТарсусBelarusian
TarsBreton
TarsosBreton
TarsusBreton
ТарсBulgarian
ТарсусBulgarian
Antioquia del CidnosCatalan
Ciutat de TarsCatalan
TarsCatalan
TarseCatalan
Tarsus (kapital sa distrito)Cebuano
تارسوسCentral Kurdish
ТарсусChechen
塔尔苏斯Chinese
塔爾索Chinese
塔爾蘇斯Chinese
大數Chinese
TarsCzech
TarsosCzech
TarsusCzech
TarsusDanish
TarsusDimli (individual language)
TersusDimli (individual language)
TarsusDutch
Tarsus (stad)Dutch
طرسوسEgyptian Arabic
TarsEsperanto
TarsoEsperanto
TarsosEsperanto
TarsosFinnish
TarsusGagauz
TarsoGalician
თარსუსიGeorgian
طرسۊسGilaki
ΑντιόχειαGreek
ΤαρσόςGreek
טרסוסHebrew
תרסוסHebrew
टार्ससHindi
TarsusHungarian
Kota TarsusIndonesian
TarsusIndonesian
Tarsus, MersinIndonesian
TarsusIrish
Antiochia al CidnoItalian
TarsoItalian
Tarso di CiliciaItalian
Tarso in CiliciaItalian
タルススJapanese
タルソスJapanese
TarsusJavanese
Tarsus, MersinJavanese
타르소스Korean
타르수스Korean
TarsusKurdish
TarsusLatin
TarsaLatvian
TarsusaLatvian
TarsasLithuanian
TarsusasLithuanian
TarsusLuxembourgish
ТарсMacedonian
ТарсосMacedonian
ТарсусMacedonian
TarsaMalagasy
TarsusMalay
Tarsus, MersinMalay
TarsuMaltese
طرسوسMazanderani
Dâi-sóMin Dong Chinese
TarsusMin Nan Chinese
TarsusMinangkabau
ТарсусMoksha
طرسوسNorthern Luri
TarsusNorwegian
TarsusNorwegian Bokmål
TarsosNorwegian Nynorsk
Tarsus i MersinNorwegian Nynorsk
TarsOccitan (post 1500)
ТарсусOssetian
تارسوسPersian
ترسوسPersian
طرسوسPersian
TarsPolish
TarsosPolish
TarsusPolish
TarsosRomanian
TarsusRomanian
ТарсRussian
ТарсусRussian
TarsusScots
Tarsus, MersinScots
TarsusScottish Gaelic
TarsSerbian
TarsusSerbian
ТарсSerbian
ТарсусSerbian
TarsSerbo-Croatian
TarsusSerbo-Croatian
TarzSerbo-Croatian
TarsusSlovak
TarzSlovenian
طرسوسSouth Azerbaijani
TarsoSwahili
TarsusSwahili
TarsusSwedish
TarsoTagalog
ТарсусTajik
ТарсусTatar
ตาร์ซัสThai
TarsiTurkish
TarsosTurkish
TarsusTurkish
Tarsus, MersinTurkish
ТарсUkrainian
ТарсусUkrainian
طرسوس، مرسینUrdu
TarsoVenetian
TarsusVietnamese
TarsusWaray (Philippines)
TarsusWelsh
TarsusWestern Frisian
ТарсусWestern Mari
ضلع ٹارسسWestern Panjabi
塔尔苏斯Wu Chinese
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kızılmurat and Şehit Kerim.
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.”
