Harrán

antigua capital de Asiria

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Harran is a municipality and district in southeastern Turkey's Şanlıurfa Province, covering an area of 904 square kilometers with a population of about 96,000 people. Located near both the city of Urfa and the Syrian border, it serves as an important settlement in this region of Turkey.

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Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Harran
Turkey place.image_skyline: Harran 2015.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: The Harran plain
Turkey place.pushpin_relief: 1
Turkey place.province: Şanlıurfa
Turkey place.leader_party: MHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Mahmut Özyavuz
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 904
Turkey place.elevation_m: 360
Turkey place.population_total: 96072
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 63510
Turkey place.area_code: 0414
Turkey place.established_date: 2500–2000 BC

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Official name: Harran
Country: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Located in: Parthian Empire
Population: 87843
Area: 1.054
Elevation: 137
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Capital of: Umayyad Caliphate
Official website: www.harran.bel.tr
Image: Harran beehive houses (2).JPG
Licence plate code: 63

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located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Şanlıurfa Province
twinned administrative body: Alberobello
topic's main category: Category:Harran
Commons category: Harran, Şanlıurfa
described by source: Oxford Classical Dictionary
native label: Harran
name in kana: ハッラーン
category of associated people: Category:People from Harran
postal code: 63 ХХХ
rural population: 65564
urban population: 94207

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Article · Español

Harrán, Jarán, Haran o Carras (en latín: Carrhae) es un yacimiento arqueológico al sudeste de la actual Turquía, en el cruce de Damasco, Karkemish y Nínive. La situación de esta antigua ciudad ha sido estratégica a lo largo de la historia. Las inscripciones asirias desde el reinado de Tiglath-Pileser I mencionan este lugar hacia el 1100 a. C. con el nombre de harrānu, que significaría carretera, ruta, recorrido en acadio. Harrán fue incendiada por los hititas. Harrán fue el escenario de la célebre batalla de Carras. Se asentaba en territorio de la moderna Turquía, en la provincia de Harrān, lindante con Siria.

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