Şanlıurfa
settlement
city in Turkey
Location: 37.1583, 38.7917 · Pleiades 658457
Who is recorded here
- Ibas of Edessa death · AD 457
- Ephrem the Syrian residence
In art
About the place
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km (50 mi) east of the Euphrates.
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