Olba Territorium
Olba can refer to : * The town of Olba, Spain * Olba, a Roman Catholic see in the former Roman province of Isauria, in present Turkey * The ICAO Code for the Beirut airport, Rafic Hariri International Airport Rafic may refer to: *Rafic Charaf (1932–2003), Lebanese painter *Rafic Hariri (1944–2005), Prime Minister of Lebanon, 1992–1998 and 2000–2004 *Rafic Nahra (born 1959), Lebanese priest of the Catholic Church *Mayan Rafic (born 1995), Israeli ...

Olba, Spain
Olba is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 233 inhabitants. The fashion designer Manuel Pertegaz, considered Spain's leading couturier ''Haute couture'' (; ; French for 'high sewing', 'high dressmaking') is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design that is constructed by hand from start-to-finish. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, Paris became th ... during the 1960s, was born in Olba in 1917. References Municipalities in the Province of Teruel {{Teruel-geo-stub ...
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Olba (ancient City)
Olba or Olbe ( grc, Ὄλβη; tr, Oura) was an ancient city and bishopric in the Roman province of Isauria, in present-day southern Turkey. It is included in the Catholic Church's list of Latin titular sees. History Olba was a city of Cetis in Cilicia Aspera, later forming part of Isauria. It was situated at the foot of the Taurus Mountains, on a tributary of the Calycadnus. According to Greek mythology, Olbe had been built by Ajax, half-brother of Teucer; it contained a temple of Zeus, whose priest once ruled over all Cilicia Aspera. Strabo described it: :"Above this yindaand Soloi n Kilikiais a mountainous country, in which is a city Olbe, with a temple of Zeus, founded by Aias the son of Teukros. The priest of this temple became dynast of Kilikia Trakheia; and then the country was beset by numerous tyrants, and the gangs of pirates were organized. And after the overthrow of these they called this country the domain of Teukros, and called the same also the pri ...
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ...
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