Samandağ, formerly known as Süveydiye (), is a resort town and municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 384 km2, and its population is 123,447 (2022). It lies at the mouth of the Asi River on the Mediterranean coast, near Turkey's border with Syria, from the city of Antakya. In February 2023, the town was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes.
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Samandağ, formerly known as Süveydiye (), is a resort town and municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 384 km2, and its population is 123,447 (2022). It lies at the mouth of the Asi River on the Mediterranean coast, near Turkey's border with Syria, from the city of Antakya. In February 2023, the town was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes.
==Etymology== Samandağ was formerly known as Suweydiye - Arabic for “the black one", in reference to the local roe deer. The Armenian name of the town "Svetia" (Սվեդիա) was derived from the Arabic one.
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