Where is Şanlıurfa Located? What Country is Şanlıurfa in? Şanlıurfa Map

Where is Şanlıurfa Located?

Where is Urfa? While the coast of Turkey, as well as the capital Istanbul, are bursting at the seams with tourist crowds, the more you travel to the East, the fewer and fewer foreign faces you encounter. The exception here is Cappadocia.

Urfa or Şanlıurfa is the capital of the border province of the same name in southeastern Turkey. Right on the border with Syria, Kurds, Arabs and Turks live together in one city. Urfa has a lot to offer, the biblical Prophet Abraham lived here and traces from biblical times can still be discovered today. In addition, you have the opportunity to walk through a gigantic and beautiful Old Town and take trips to the surrounding area.

What Country is Şanlıurfa in?

Urfa, also Şanliurfa, is located 140 km east of Gaziantep. It is 190 km to Diyarbakir, 110 km to Adyaman and 360 km to Adana. Mount Nemrut is about 180 km from Urfa, and Antalya is 895 km away.

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