Birecik

Birecik (from the Arabic and Syriac al-Bīrah, meaning fortress) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 93,866 (2023). It lies on the Euphrates.

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Birecik
Turkey place.image_skyline: Birecik, Turkey 2009-10-26.jpg
Turkey place.image_map: Şanlıurfa location Birecik.PNG
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Birecik District in Şanlıurfa Province
Turkey place.province: Şanlıurfa
Turkey place.leader_party: Independent
Turkey place.leader_name: Mehmet Begit
Turkey place.leader_name1: Mustafa Gürbüz
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 912
Turkey place.elevation_m: 450
Turkey place.population_total: 93866
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2023
Turkey place.postal_code: 63400
Turkey place.area_code: 0414

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
Geography
Geology
Climate
Archaeology
History
Antiquity
Medieval History
Ottoman History
Modern history
Composition
Demographics
Architecture
Qanat
Castle
Bishopric
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
External links

Built on a limestone cliff 400 ft. high on the left/east bank of the Euphrates, "at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearly north-south, and just below a sharp bend in the stream, where it follows that course after coming from a long reach flowing more from the west".

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