Harran

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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