İskenderun

Summary

İskenderun is a city^[1]. İskenderun has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• İskenderun is located in Hatay Province^[3].
• İskenderun is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• İskenderun is on the body of water Gulf of İskenderun^[5].
• İskenderun's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• İskenderun's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• İskenderun's shares border with is recorded as Arsuz^[8].
• İskenderun's shares border with is recorded as Belen^[9].
• İskenderun's shares border with is recorded as Kırıkhan^[10].
• İskenderun's shares border with is recorded as Hassa^[11].
• İskenderun's shares border with is recorded as Payas^[12].
• Alexander the Great is named after İskenderun^[13].
• İskenderun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lankaran^[14].
• İskenderun's postal code is recorded as 31^[15].
• İskenderun's Commons category is recorded as İskenderun^[16].
• İskenderun's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[17].
• İskenderun's located in time zone is recorded as time in Turkey^[18].
• İskenderun's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.587222222222, 'lon': 36.173333333333}^[19].
• İskenderun's official website is recorded as http://www.iskenderun.bel.tr^[20].
• İskenderun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:İskenderun^[21].
• İskenderun's Commons gallery is recorded as İskenderun^[22].
• İskenderun has a population of {'amount': '+184833'}^[23].
• İskenderun has a population of {'amount': '+248335'}^[24].
• İskenderun has a population of {'amount': '+251682'}^[25].
• İskenderun has a population of {'amount': '+250964'}^[26].
• İskenderun has a population of {'amount': '+246207'}^[27].

Body

Geography

İskenderun is in the country of Turkey^[4]. İskenderun is located in Hatay Province^[3]. İskenderun is on the body of water Gulf of İskenderun^[5].

Physical Characteristics

İskenderun covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+247'}^[28]. İskenderun sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+184833'}^[23], {'amount': '+248335'}^[24], {'amount': '+251682'}^[25], {'amount': '+250964'}^[26], and {'amount': '+246207'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and town^[7].

History and Context

Alexander the Great is named after İskenderun^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for İskenderun include Gulf of İskenderun^[30], a gulf^[31], in Turkey^[32].

Why It Matters

İskenderun has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] İskenderun is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for İskenderun include Gulf of İskenderun^[30], a gulf^[31], in Turkey^[32].