Tarsus

Summary

Tarsus is a city^[1]. Tarsus ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (609 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tarsus is located in Mersin Province^[3].
• Tarsus is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Tarsus is on the body of water Berdan Brook^[5].
• Tarsus is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[6].
• Tarsus's image is recorded as Ulucami, Tarsus, Mersin Province.jpg^[7].
• Tarsus's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Tarsus's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Tarsus's instance of is recorded as municipality^[10].
• Tarsus's instance of is recorded as town^[11].
• Tarsus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Langen^[12].
• Tarsus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147680474^[13].
• Tarsus's GND ID is recorded as 4059084-7^[14].
• Tarsus's locator map image is recorded as Mersin location Tarsus.svg^[15].
• Tarsus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80153067^[16].
• Tarsus's IdRef ID is recorded as 11365474X^[17].
• Tarsus's Commons category is recorded as Tarsus (town)^[18].
• Tarsus's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1586057^[19].
• Tarsus's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[20].
• Tarsus's located in time zone is recorded as time in Turkey^[21].
• Tarsus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.916666666667, 'lon': 34.9}^[22].
• Tarsus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kcs9^[23].
• Tarsus's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge371046^[24].
• Tarsus's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mediterranean Region^[25].
• Tarsus's significant event is recorded as Siege of Tarsus^[26].
• Tarsus's official website is recorded as https://www.tarsus.bel.tr/^[27].

Body

Geography

Tarsus is in the country of Turkey^[4]. Tarsus is located in Mersin Province^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Berdan Brook^[5], a river^[28], in Turkey^[29] and Mediterranean Sea^[6], an adjacent sea^[30], in Spain^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Tarsus's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2240'}^[32]. Tarsus's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+23'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+339676'}^[34], {'amount': '+346715'}^[35], {'amount': '+342373'}^[36], {'amount': '+329494'}^[37], and {'amount': '+238276'}^[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], big city^[9], municipality^[10], and town^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tarsus include Tarsus^[39], a Mars crater^[40].

Why It Matters

Tarsus ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (609 views/month).^[2] Tarsus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Tarsus is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Tarsus include Tarsus^[39], a Mars crater^[40].