Şanlıurfa
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Summary
Şanlıurfa is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Şanlıurfa draws 6,129 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #11 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Şanlıurfa Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], city[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Bremerhaven[7]
- Postal code: 63 000[8]
- Commons category: Şanlıurfa[9]
- Licence plate code: 63[10]
- Official website: https://www.sanliurfa.bel.tr/[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Şanlıurfa[12]
- Population: 1,985,753[13], 526,247[14], 515,199[15], 498,111[16], 482,323[17]
- Described by source: Oxford Classical Dictionary[18]
- Replaces: Riha[19]
- Capital of: Şanlıurfa Province[20]
- Official name: Şanlıurfa[21], Riha[22], Ուռհա[23]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Şanlıurfa[24]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Şanlıurfa[25]
- Native label: Şanlıurfa[26]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Şanlıurfa[27]
- Different from: Şanlıurfa Province[28]
- Elevation above sea level: 515 m[29]
- Area: 3668.76 km²[30]
- Urban population: 276,528[31], 385,588[32], 472,238[33], 482,323[34], 498,111[35], 515,199[36], 526,247[37], 73,498[38], 100,654[39], 132,934[40], 147,488[41], 194,969[42]
- Rural population: 95,492[43], 149,118[44], 165,893[45], 216,564[46], 234,611[47], 247,891[48], 262,709[49], 61,287[50], 61,126[51]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Şanlıurfa include Urfa pepper[52], a spice[53], in Turkey[54]; Şanlıurfa GAP Airport[55], an airport[56], in Turkey[57]; Şanlıurfa Airport[58], an airport[59], in Turkey[60]; and Urfa sanjak[61], a sanjak[62], in Ottoman Empire[63], founded in 1579[64].
Why It Matters
Şanlıurfa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Şanlıurfa is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Şanlıurfa include Urfa pepper[52], a spice[53], in Turkey[54]; Şanlıurfa GAP Airport[55], an airport[56], in Turkey[57]; Şanlıurfa Airport[58], an airport[59], in Turkey[60]; and Urfa sanjak[61], a sanjak[62], in Ottoman Empire[63], founded in 1579[64].