Karkamış district

Karkamış, formerly Carablus, is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 298 km2, and its population is 9,379 (2022). It is next to the site of ancient Carchemish.

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Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Karkamış
Turkey place.image_skyline: File:Euphrates from The Mound of Carchemish. Accidents of an antiquary's life. 1910.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Euphrates River from Karkamış, 1910
Turkey place.image_map: Gaziantep location Karkamış.png
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Karkamış District in Gaziantep Province
Turkey place.pushpin_relief: 1
Turkey place.province: Gaziantep
Turkey place.leader_party: AK Party
Turkey place.leader_name: Mustafa Güzel
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 298
Turkey place.population_total: 9379
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 27880
Turkey place.area_code: 0342

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Instance of: district of Turkey
Country: Turkey
Located in: Gaziantep Province
Continent: Asia
Official language: Turkish
Population: 10436
Area: 298
Elevation: 358
Time zone: UTC+03:00

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urban population: 9616
rural population: 7553
Commons category: Karkamış
name in kana: カルカミス
inception: 1990-05-20

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Karkamış, formerly Carablus, is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 298 km2, and its population is 9,379 (2022). It is next to the site of ancient Carchemish.

It is a border checkpoint on the road to Jarabulus in Syria.

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