Šamuḫa

Šamuḫa is an ancient Bronze Age settlement near the village of , c. 40 km west of , in the of . It was a city of the Hittites, a religious centre and, for a few years, a military capital for the empire.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archeological site in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Samuha Antik Kenti”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kayalıpınar.

Village
Photo: Isimon49, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in Yıldızeli District, in , . Its population is 66. It is a Hittite archaeological site, under excavation since 2004. It is identified with the ancient Samuha settlement.

Šamuḫa

Latitude
39.61966° or 39° 37′ 11″ north
Longitude
36.52801° or 36° 31′ 41″ east
Open location code
8GFRJG9H+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183419371
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mound
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q391065
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Šamuḫa” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Samuha”
  • Catalan: “Samuha”
  • French: “Samuha”
  • Galician: “Samuha”
  • Georgian: “სამუხა”
  • German: “Šamuḫa”
  • Hungarian: “Szamuha”
  • Italian: “Samuha”
  • Japanese: “サムハ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Samuha”
  • Spanish: “Samuha”
  • Turkish: “Samuha”
  • Ukrainian: “Самуха”
  • “Samuha”

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