Antakya
district and city in Hatay, Turkey
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Summary
Antakya is a big city[1]. Antakya ranks in the top 10% of big city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,585 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hatay Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Instance of: town[5]
- Official language: Turkish[6]
- Shares border with: Defne district[7], Altınözü[8], Samandağ[9], Arsuz[10], Belen[11], Kırıkhan[12], Kumlu district[13], Reyhanlı[14], Harem District[15]
- Named after: Antiochus[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Aalen[17], Kiel[18]
- Postal code: 31000[19]
- Commons category: Antakya[20]
- Licence plate code: 31[21]
- Local dialing code: 326[22]
- Inception: 301 BC[23]
- Coordinate location: 36.2025, 36.160555555555554[24]
- Official website: https://www.antakya.bel.tr/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Antakya[26]
- Population: 354,768[27], 377,793[28]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfter Band[31]
- Replaces: Antioch[32]
- Capital of: Hatay Province[33]
- Official name: Antakya[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Antakya[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Antakya[36]
- Native label: Antakya[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Antakya[38]
- Name in kana: アンタキヤ[39]
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Physical Characteristics
Antakya sits at an elevation of 67[40].
Why It Matters
Antakya has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Antakya is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]