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Şanlıurfa Province

Urfa

Urfa is a city in , and the provincial capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city is about 80 km east of the Euphrates River, and with a population of 600 thousand is smaller than nearby .
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  • Type: City with 2,140,000 residents
  • Description: city in Turkey
  • Also known as: “al-Rūhā”, “Orfa”, “Orrhoe”, “Ourfa”, “Sanliurfa”, “Şanlıurfa”, and “Urfeh”
  • Historically known as: “Edessa”
Photo: Satirdan kahraman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Şanlıurfa 11 Nisan Stadium and Balıklıgöl.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in Şanlıurfa, . It is the home stadium of Şanlıurfaspor. The stadium holds 28,965 spectators and was opened in 2009.

Pond
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, is a pool in the southwest of the city center of Şanlıurfa, Turkey known in Jewish and Islamic legends as the place where Nimrod threw Abraham into a fire. and neighbouring Aynzeliha pools are among the most visited places in Şanlıurfa.

Castle
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, or Urfa Castle in short, is a castle overlooking the city center of Şanlıurfa, . The castle was built by the Osroene in antiquity and the current walls were constructed by the Abbasids in 814 AD.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eyyübiye and Haliliye.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,626 km2, and its population is 391,795. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Şanlıurfa Province, along with the new districts and .

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,924 km2, and its population is 396,656. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Şanlıurfa Province, along with the new districts and .

Urfa

Latitude
37.1596° or 37° 9′ 35″ north
Longitude
38.7919° or 38° 47′ 31″ east
Population
2,140,000
Elevation
528 metres (1,732 feet)
IATA airport code
SFQ
Open location code
8G9W5Q5R+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26487743
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
298333
Wiki­data ID
Q133118
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Urfa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shanllëurfa”
  • Amharic: “Ուռհա”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Edesses”
  • Arabic: “أورفة”
  • Arabic: “أورهاي”
  • Arabic: “اورفة”
  • Armenian: “Եդեսիա”
  • Armenian: “Ուռհա”
  • Asturian: “Edesa”
  • Asturian: “Sanliurfa”
  • Avaric: “Урфа”
  • Avaric: “Шанлиурфа”
  • Avaric: “Шанлурфа”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urfa”
  • Bashkir: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Basque: “Edesa”
  • Basque: “Sanliurfa”
  • Basque: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Basque: “Urfa”
  • Belarusian: “Урфа”
  • Belarusian: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Belarusian: “Шанлыўрфа”
  • Belarusian: “Шанлыюрфа”
  • Bengali: “উরফা”
  • Bengali: “লুরফা”
  • Bosnian: “Edesa”
  • Bosnian: “Sanliurfa”
  • Bosnian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Bosnian: “Urfa”
  • Breton: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Breton: “Urfa”
  • Bulgarian: “Шанлъурфа”
  • Catalan: “Edessa” (historical)
  • Catalan: “Sanliurfa”
  • Catalan: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Catalan: “Urfa”
  • Cebuano: “Şanlıurfa (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئورفا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئورفە”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕحا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕھا”
  • Chechen: “Шанлиурфа”
  • Chinese: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Chinese: “尚勒乌尔法”
  • Chinese: “尚勒烏爾法”
  • Chinese: “烏爾法”
  • Chinese: “薩穆法”
  • Classical Syriac: “Urhây”
  • Czech: “Edessa”
  • Czech: “Sanliurfa”
  • Czech: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Czech: “Urfa”
  • Danish: “Edessa”
  • Danish: “Sanliurfa”
  • Danish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Danish: “Urfa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Rıha”
  • Dutch: “Edessa” (historical)
  • Dutch: “SanlIurfa (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Sanliurfa”
  • Dutch: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Dutch: “Urfa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اورفه”
  • Esperanto: “Edeso”
  • Esperanto: “Edessa”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝanlijurfo”
  • Esperanto: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Esperanto: “Urfa”
  • Estonian: “Edesija”
  • Finnish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • French: “Édesse”
  • French: “Riha”
  • French: “Sanli Urfa”
  • French: “Sanliurfa”
  • French: “Şanliurfa”
  • French: “Şanlı Urfa”
  • French: “Sanlıurfa”
  • French: “Şanlıurfa”
  • French: “Urfa”
  • Galician: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Georgian: “შანლიურფა”
  • German: “Barbea”
  • German: “Edessa”
  • German: “Sanli Urfa”
  • German: “Sanliurfa”
  • German: “Şanlı Urfa”
  • German: “Sanlıurfa”
  • German: “Şanlıurfa”
  • German: “Sarbelius”
  • German: “Urfa”
  • German: “Urhoy”
  • Gilaki: “شانلي‌اۊرفه”
  • Greek: “Édessa”
  • Greek: “Αντιόχεια”
  • Greek: “Έδεσσα”
  • Greek: “Ούρφα”
  • Greek: “Σανλιούρφα”
  • Gujarati: “સાંલુર્ફા”
  • Hebrew: “אורפה”
  • Hebrew: “שנלאורפה”
  • Hebrew: “שנליאורפה”
  • Hindi: “शानलिउर्फा”
  • Hindi: “सनलीउर्फा”
  • Hungarian: “Edessza”
  • Hungarian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Indonesian: “Sanli Urfa”
  • Indonesian: “Sanliurfa”
  • Indonesian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Irish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Italian: “Edessa” (historical)
  • Italian: “Sanli Urfa”
  • Italian: “Sanliurfa”
  • Italian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Italian: “Urfa”
  • Japanese: “ウルファ”
  • Japanese: “エデッサ”
  • Japanese: “シャンルウルファ”
  • Javanese: “Urfa”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾಂಲಿ-ಉರ್ಫಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Şanlıwrfa”
  • Kazakh: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Kazakh: “شانلىۋرفا”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Korean: “샨르우르파”
  • Korean: “샨리우르파”
  • Kotava: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Kurdish: “Edesa”
  • Kurdish: “Edessa”
  • Kurdish: “Riha‎”
  • Kurdish: “Riha”
  • Kurdish: “Ruha”
  • Kurdish: “Şanliurfa”
  • Kurdish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Kurdish: “Urfa”
  • Kurdish: “Ûrfa”
  • Kurdish: “رها”
  • Latin: “Edessa”
  • Latvian: “Šanliurfa”
  • Lithuanian: “Sanliurfa”
  • Lithuanian: “Urfa”
  • Macedonian: “Урфа”
  • Macedonian: “Шанлаурфа”
  • Malay: “Sanliurfa”
  • Malay: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Marathi: “सांलुर्फा”
  • Mazanderani: “شانلی‌اورفه”
  • Middle Armenian: “Urha”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Minangkabau: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Moksha: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Nauru: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Northern Luri: “شانلی‌اورفه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sanliurfa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Urfa”
  • Norwegian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Old Turkish: “Urfa”
  • Ossetian: “Шанлыурфæ”
  • Persian: “اورفه”
  • Persian: “شانلی اورفا”
  • Persian: “شانلی اورفه”
  • Persian: “شانلی‌اورفا”
  • Persian: “شانلی‌اورفه”
  • Persian: “شانلیورفا”
  • Polish: “Edessa” (historical)
  • Polish: “Sanliurfa”
  • Polish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Polish: “Urfa”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria”
  • Portuguese: “Antioquia no Callirhoe”
  • Portuguese: “Ar-Ruha”
  • Portuguese: “Callirrhoe”
  • Portuguese: “Callirroa”
  • Portuguese: “Colonia Aurelia Antonia Opellia Macriana”
  • Portuguese: “Edessa”
  • Portuguese: “Justinópolis”
  • Portuguese: “Orra”
  • Portuguese: “Orrhoe”
  • Portuguese: “Orroa”
  • Portuguese: “Riha”
  • Portuguese: “Sanliurfa”
  • Portuguese: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Portuguese: “Urfa”
  • Portuguese: “Urhai”
  • Portuguese: “Urhoy”
  • Portuguese: “Xanleurfa”
  • Pushto: “شانلي اورفا”
  • Romanian: “Sanliurfa”
  • Romanian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Romanian: “Șanlıurfa”
  • Romanian: “Urfa”
  • Russian: “Урфа”
  • Russian: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Russian: “Эдесса”
  • Scots: “Sanliurfa”
  • Scots: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Scots: “Urfa”
  • Serbian: “Šanlijurfa”
  • Serbian: “Sanliurfa”
  • Serbian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Serbian: “Шанлијурфа”
  • Serbian: “Шанлиурфа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šanlijurfa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Sinhala: “සැන්ලියුර්ෆා”
  • Slovak: “Edessa”
  • Slovak: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Slovak: “Urfa”
  • Slovenian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شانلی‌اورفا”
  • Spanish: “Sanli Urfa”
  • Spanish: “Sanliurfa”
  • Spanish: “Şanliurfa”
  • Spanish: “Sanlıurfa”
  • Spanish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Spanish: “Urfa”
  • Spanish: “Edesa” (historical)
  • Swahili: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Raha”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Ruha”
  • Swedish: “Edessa” (historical)
  • Swedish: “Er Roha”
  • Swedish: “Riha”
  • Swedish: “Sanli Urfa”
  • Swedish: “Sanliurfa”
  • Swedish: “Şanlı Urfa”
  • Swedish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Swedish: “Urfa”
  • Swedish: “Urhay”
  • Swedish: “Urhoy”
  • Tajik: “Шанлиурфа”
  • Talysh: “Šanlyurfa”
  • Tamil: “ஷன்லியூர்ப”
  • Tatar: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Telugu: “శాన్లియుర్ఫా”
  • Thai: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Thai: “Urfa”
  • Thai: “ชันลืออูร์ฟา”
  • Thai: “ชานลิอูร์ฟา”
  • Thai: “อูร์ฟา”
  • Turkish: “Şanlı Urfa”
  • Turkish: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Turkish: “Urfa”
  • Turkmen: “Urfa”
  • Udmurt: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Ukrainian: “Шанлиурфа”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Urfa”
  • Urdu: “رها”
  • Urdu: “شانلی اورفہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shanliurfa”
  • Venetian: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Vietnamese: “Sanliurfa”
  • Vietnamese: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Vietnamese: “Urfa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Şanlıurfa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Urfa”
  • Welsh: “Edessa”
  • Welsh: “Şanlıurfa”
  • Welsh: “Urfa”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուռհա”
  • Western Mari: “Шанлыурфа”
  • Western Panjabi: “شانلی اورفہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “尚勒乌尔法”
  • Yue Chinese: “烏爾法”
  • “Şanlıurfa”

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