Gaziantep
city in Turkey
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Summary
Gaziantep is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Gaziantep draws 5,761 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #8 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: The Europe Prize[3]
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gaziantep Province[5]
- Country: Turkey[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], city[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Kuwait City[9], Duisburg[10], Florence[11], Aleppo[12], Emirate of Dubai[13], Kermanshah[14], Södertälje Municipality[15], Ludwigshafen[16], Vibo Valentia[17], Kharkiv[18], Irbid[19], Karlstad Municipality[20], North Nicosia[21], Pittsburgh[22]
- Postal code: 27 000[23]
- Commons category: Gaziantep[24]
- Coordinate location: 37.062777777777775, 37.37916666666667[25]
- Significant event: Siege of Aintab[26]
- Official website: http://www.gaziantep.gov.tr/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gaziantep[28]
- Commons gallery: Gaziantep[29]
- Population: 1,567,205[30], 853,513[31], 1,775,904[32], 1,278,676[33], 1,680,723[34], 1,421,457[35], 603,434[36], 478,635[37], 374,290[38]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42], The American Cyclopædia[43], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[44], New International Encyclopedia[45], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[46]
- Replaces: Antiochia ad Taurum[47]
- Capital of: Gaziantep Province[48]
- Official name: Gaziantep[49], غازی عین تاب[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gaziantep[51]
- Category for people who died here: Q32724563[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Gaziantep include Ayntap[53], a village in Armenia[54], in Armenia[55].
Why It Matters
Gaziantep has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Gaziantep is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Gaziantep include Ayntap[53], a village in Armenia[54], in Armenia[55].
FAQs
What awards did Gaziantep receive?
Honors received include The Europe Prize[3].