Birecik

Birecik
District and municipality
Map showing Birecik District in Şanlıurfa Province
Map showing Birecik District in Şanlıurfa Province
Birecik is located in Turkey
Birecik
Birecik
Location in Turkey
Birecik is located in Şanlıurfa
Birecik
Birecik
Birecik (Şanlıurfa)
Coordinates: 37°01′30″N 37°58′37″E / 37.02500°N 37.97694°E / 37.02500; 37.97694
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞanlıurfa
Government
 • MayorMehmet Begit[1][2] (Ind.)
 • KaymakamMustafa Gürbüz[3]
Area
912 km2 (352 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2023)[4]
93,866
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
63400
Area code0414
Websitewww.birecik.bel.tr

Birecik[a] is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[8] Its area is 912 km2,[9] and its population is 93,866 (2023).[4] It lies on the Euphrates.

Built on a limestone cliff 400 ft. high on the left/east bank of the Euphrates, "at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearly north-south, and just below a sharp bend in the stream, where it follows that course after coming from a long reach flowing more from the west".[10]

  1. ^ TRT Haber Şanlıurfa Birecik Seçim Sonuçları Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ Şanlıurfa Birecik Belediye Başkanı İstifa Etti Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ Birecik Kaymakamlığı Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2023, Favorite Reports" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ Minasyan, Mihran. "Antep-Fotoğrafçılar". houshamadyan. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Streck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ İbrahim Sediyani (2009). Adını arayan coğrafya. Özedönüş Yayınları. p. 187. ISBN 9786054296002.
  8. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. ^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)


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