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
Viranşehir
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Viranşehir is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,297 km2, and its population is 207,315 (2022). It is a market town serving a cotton-growing area, 93 km east of the city Şanlıurfa and 53 km north-west of Ceylanpınar at the Syrian border. In Late Antiquity, it was known as Constantina or Constantia by the Romans and Byzantines, and Tella by the local Assyrian/Syriac population.
