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- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Eyyübiye district
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- Balıklıgöl Urfa2.jpg
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- Balıklıgöl
- located in/on physical feature
- Southeastern Anatolia Region
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thumb|Balıklıgöl in Turkey
Balıklıgöl (or Pool of Abraham, Halil-Ür Rahman Lake), is a pool in the southwest of the city center of Şanlıurfa, Turkey known in Jewish and Islamic legends as the place where Nimrod threw Abraham into a fire. Balıklıgöl and neighbouring Aynzeliha pools are among the most visited places in Şanlıurfa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balıklıgöl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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