Tarsus
district and town in Mersin, Turkey
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Summary
Tarsus is a city[1]. Tarsus ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,025 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mersin Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Berdan Brook[5], Mediterranean Sea[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], municipality[8], town[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Langen[10]
- Commons category: Tarsus (town)[11]
- Coordinate location: 36.916666666667, 34.9[12], 36.916667, 34.9[13]
- Located in/on physical feature: Mediterranean Region[14]
- Significant event: Siege of Tarsus[15]
- Official website: https://www.tarsus.bel.tr/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tarsus, Mersin[17]
- Population: 339,676[18], 346,715[19], 342,373[20], 329,494[21], 238,276[22]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[23], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[24], Pauly–Wissowa[25], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30]
- Replaces: Tarsus[31]
- Capital of: Cilicia Satrapy[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tarsus, Mersin[33]
- Category for people who died here: Q21115286[34]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Tarsus[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tarsus, Mersin[36]
- Name in kana: タルスス[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 23[38]
- Area: 2240[39]
- State of conservation: preserved[40]
- Urban population: 187,508[41], 216,382[42], 228,471[43], 233,436[44], 238,276[45], 245,671[46], 321,403[47], 323,961[48], 326,063[49], 329,494[50], 335,587[51], 339,676[52], 342,373[53], 346,715[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tarsus include Tarsus[55], a Mars crater[56].
Why It Matters
Tarsus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Tarsus is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Tarsus include Tarsus[55], a Mars crater[56].