Şanlıurfa Districts
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa (), is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic period, Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain about east of the Euphrates. Its climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. About northeast of the city is the famous Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe, the world's oldest known temple, which was founded in the 10th millennium BC. The area was part of a network of the first human settlements where the Neolithic Revolution, agricultural revolution took place. Because of its association with Jewish history, Jewish, History of Christianity, Christian, and History of Islam, Islamic history, and a legend according to which it was the hometown of Abraham, Urfa is nicknamed the "City of Prophets." Religion is important in Urfa. The city "has become a center of fundamentalist Islamic beliefs" and "is considered one of the m ...
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Urfa (other)
Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa and known in ancient times as Edessa, is the capital of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Urfa may also refer to: Places * Urfa (also known as Şanlıurfa and Edessa), a city in Upper Mesopotamia, present-day Urfa, Turkey * Urfa Province (or Şanlıurfa), southeastern Turkey * Urfa Province, Ottoman Empire (or Vilayet of Aleppo), centered on the city of Aleppo, Syria Other uses * Battle of Urfa (spring 1920), between the French occupying army and the Turkish National Forces, Urfa, Turkey * Urfa biber, a dried Turkish chili pepper * Urfa Man (circa 9000 BC), an anthropomorphological statue found near Urfa, Turkey See also

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