Akçakale

Akçakale () is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,038 km2, and its population is 123,721 (2022).

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Akçakale
Turkey place.image_skyline: Akcakale 16 09 2007.jpg
Turkey place.image_map: Şanlıurfa location Akçakale.PNG
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Akçakale District in Şanlıurfa Province
Turkey place.province: Şanlıurfa
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Mehmet Yalçınkaya
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 1038
Turkey place.elevation_m: 360
Turkey place.population_total: 123721
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 63500
Turkey place.area_code: 0414

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: border city
Official name: Akçakale
Country: Turkey
Located in: Şanlıurfa Province
Official language: Turkish
Population: 113194
Area: 1.952
Elevation: 360
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Official website: akcakale.bel.tr
Image: Akcakale 16 09 2007.jpg
Licence plate code: 63

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urban population: 120834
rural population: 42488
Commons category: Akçakale
native label: Akçakale
postal code: 63 ХХХ
name in kana: アクチャカレ

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Akçakale () is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,038 km2, and its population is 123,721 (2022).

Akçakale forms a divided city with Tell Abyad in Syria, maintaining a border crossing. The Mayor is Mehmet Yalçınkaya (AKP). The current District Governor is Onur Şan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akçakale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.