Kilis

Also known as Kilis City

Kilis is a city in southernmost Turkey, near the border with Syria, and the administrative centre of Kilis Province and Kilis District. Its population is 112,187 (2022).

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Kilis is a city located in southern Turkey, close to the Syrian border, and serves as the administrative center for both Kilis Province and Kilis District. With a population of about 112,000 people as of 2022, it functions as an important regional hub in this border area.

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Place details

Locality: Kilis Merkez
Region: Kilis
Country: Türkiye
Population: 111,648
Timezone: Europe/Istanbul

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Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Kilis
Turkey place.image_skyline: Kilis city center.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Kilis city center
Turkey place.province: Kilis
Turkey place.district: Kilis
Turkey place.leader_party: CHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Hakan Bilecen
Turkey place.elevation_m: 660
Turkey place.population_total: 112187
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 79000
Turkey place.area_code: 0348

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: كِلِّزِيٌّ
Population: 77706
Area: 610
Elevation: 632
Official website: www.kilis.bel.tr
Image: Kilis city center.jpg
Licence plate code: 79

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Commons category: Kilis
postal code: 79000
Commons gallery: Kilis
social media followers: 1008
P8168: Werner Ziegler
urban population: 85119
rural population: 13304
name in kana: キリス
native label: كِلِّز

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Travel guide

Understand

Kilis became urbanized mostly during the Ottoman Empire.

As of the early 2020s, the total population of Kilis is about 200,000, roughly half of it natives and the other half Syrian refugees.

On February 6, 2023, Kilis was hit by a devastating earthquake. Many of the city's buildings and landmarks are badly damaged or collapsed.

Get in

There are frequent buses from nearby Gaziantep.

See

The historic city centre is made up of narrow streets, which are fascinating to explore.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

13 sections

Contents

History
Demographics
Geography
Cuisine
Education
Places of interest
Mosques
Mausoleums (Türbe)
Dervish lodges (Tekke)
Turkish baths (Hamam)
Climate
References
External links

Kilis is a city in southernmost Turkey, near the border with Syria, and the administrative centre of Kilis Province and Kilis District. Its population is 112,187 (2022).

On 6 February 2023 Kilis was badly affected by the twin Turkey-Syria earthquakes.