Karkamış, aka Kargamış, is a town and district of Gaziantep Province in southeastern Turkey, next to the site of ancient Karkemish.
Population: 4,951
Latitude: 36° 50' 4.27" N
Longitude: 37° 59' 53.88" E
Carchemish (/kɑrˈkɛm.ɪʃ/ IPA-ified from «kär-kĕm´ĭsh), also spelled Karkemish (Hittite: Karkamiš; Greek: Εὔρωπος; Latin: Europus), was an important ancient capital at times independent but also having been part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo Assyri…
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Nizip (Arabic: نسيب , Ottoman Turkish: نزيب, Zazaki: Sêwrege) is a district of Gaziantep Province of southeastern Turkey.
Hancağız Dam is a dam in Turkey.