Karkamış district

Summary

Karkamış district is a border city^[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (border_city category, ranking #36 of 89).^[2]

Key Facts

• Karkamış district is located in Gaziantep Province^[3].
• Karkamış district is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Karkamış district's continent is recorded as Asia^[5].
• Karkamış district's instance of is recorded as border city^[6].
• Karkamış district's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Karkamış district's instance of is recorded as district of Turkey^[8].
• Karkamış district's official language is recorded as Turkish^[9].
• Karkamış district's Commons category is recorded as Karkamış^[10].
• Karkamış district's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1808093^[11].
• Karkamış district's located in time zone is recorded as time in Turkey^[12].
• Karkamış district's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[13].
• +1990-05-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Karkamış district^[14].
• Karkamış district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.83452, 'lon': 37.9983}^[15].
• Karkamış district's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bpdnc^[16].
• Karkamış district's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Karkamış^[17].
• Karkamış district's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10436'}^[18].
• Karkamış district's GeoNames ID is recorded as 309134^[19].
• Karkamış district's Pleiades ID is recorded as 658465^[20].
• Karkamış district's name in kana is recorded as カルカミス^[21].
• Karkamış district's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+358'}^[22].
• Karkamış district's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+298'}^[23].
• Karkamış district's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -758038^[24].
• Karkamış district's urban population is recorded as {'amount': '+4412'}^[25].
• Karkamış district's urban population is recorded as {'amount': '+3417'}^[26].
• Karkamış district's urban population is recorded as {'amount': '+3409'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Karkamış district is in the country of Turkey^[4]. It is located in Gaziantep Province^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Asia^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Karkamış district's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+298'}^[23]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+358'}^[22]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+10436'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include border city^[6], town^[7], and district of Turkey^[8].

History and Context

+1990-05-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Karkamış district^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Karkamış district include Karkamış Dam^[28], a dam^[29], in Turkey^[30].

Why It Matters

Karkamış district draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (border_city category, ranking #36 of 89).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Karkamış Dam^[28], a dam^[29], in Turkey^[30].