Harran
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Harran is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 904 km2, and its population is 96,072 (2022). It is approximately 40 kilometres southeast of Urfa and 20 kilometres from the Syrian border crossing at Akçakale.
Harran
Harran and other major cities of ancient Syria
Harran depicted on the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome
Ruins of the medieval Harran University
Şanlıurfa Province
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Şanlıurfa Province, also known as Urfa Province, is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. The city of Şanlıurfa is the capital of the province which bears its name. Its area is 19,242 km2, and its population is 2,170,110 (2022). The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority with a significant Arab and Turkish minority.
Göbekli Tepe
Pistachio clusters growing on a tree in Şanlıurfa province. The province is one of Turkey's leading pistachio producers.
Balıklı Göl (Fish Pond) and people
Mevlid-i Halil (Birth of Abraham) Mosque