Mardin (Turkey)
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Name (Hebrew)
מרדין (טורקיה)
Name (Latin)
Mardin (Turkey)
Other forms of name
Martin (Turkey)
מארדין (תורכיה)
Coordinates
040.6910659 040.7663850 037.3404490 037.3006559 (gooearth )
Associated country
Turkey
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- The lectionary of the Monastery of ʻAzīzāʾēl in Ṭūr ʻAbdīn, Mesopotamia, 1985:
- BGN. Gaz. of Turkey, 1984
- Simon, Easentʻ. Martin, 1991:
Wikipedia description:
Mardin (Kurdish: مێردین, romanized: Mêrdîn; Arabic: ماردين; romanized: Mārdīn; Syriac: ܡܪܕܝܢ, romanized: Merdīn; Armenian: Մարդին) is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province in Turkey. It is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River. The old town of the city is under the protection of UNESCO, which forbids new constructions to preserve its façade. The city had a population of 129,864 in 2021. The population is a mix of Kurds, Arabs, Mhallami, and Assyrians.
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