Suruç
Sign in to saveSuruç (; ; Sruḡ) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 744 km2, and its population is 100,961 (2022). It is on a plain near the Syrian border southwest of the city of Urfa. Its inhabitants are Kurds.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Suruç
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Suruç town hall.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- The town hall of Suruç
- Turkey place.image_map
- Şanlıurfa location Suruç.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Suruç District in Şanlıurfa Province
- Turkey place.province
- Şanlıurfa
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 744
- Turkey place.population_total
- 100961
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 63800
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0414
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Suruç (; ; Sruḡ) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 744 km2, and its population is 100,961 (2022). It is on a plain near the Syrian border southwest of the city of Urfa. Its inhabitants are Kurds.
==History== Suruç is situated in a fertile district that is well-suited to growing fruits and grapevines. It is centrally located between the Euphrates on the west and Urfa and Harran on the east; it is about a day's journey from both cities (using pre-industrial transportation). This traffic brought it some degree of commercial prosperity as well. This was also helped by its historical status as a post station between Raqqa and Sumaysat. The town itself was primarily agricultural, and Ibn Jubayr in the 12th century described seeing orchards and irrigation channels within the area of the town itself.