Reyhanlı (; , ''ar-Rayḥānīyah'') is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Hatay Province
Hatay Province (, ) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 367 km
2, and its population is 108,092 (2022).
It is near the country's
border with Syria.
History
Formerly known as İrtah (
Artah) and Ar-Rayhaniya, Its southernmost environ, Yenişehir, is thought to be near the ancient village of Imma (or Immae), involved in the
Battle of Immae in 272 and probably also with the so-called
Battle of Antioch of 218.
The
2013 Reyhanlı car bombings were a terrorist attack that involved the explosion of two
car bomb
A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
Car bombs can be roug ...
s in Reyhanlı on 11 May 2013. 51 people were killed, and 140 more were injured in the attack.
The car bombs were left outside Reyhanlı's town hall and post office. The first exploded at around 13:45 local time, (10:45 UTC)
and the second exploded about 15 minutes later. People attempting to help those injured in the first explosion were caught in the second blast.
At that time, the attack was the deadliest single act of terrorism in the
history of modern Turkey,
only to be surpassed by the 103 victims of the
2015 Ankara bombings.
On 5 July 2019,
another car bombing in the town killed 3 people.
Geography
The climate is typical of the Mediterranean region, and Reyhanlı is an agricultural district watered from Reyhanlı reservoir, growing cotton, wheat and other grains and raising cattle, sheep and goats.
The town lies on the main road between
İskenderun
İskenderun (), historically known as Alexandretta (, ) and Scanderoon, is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 247 km2, and its population is 251,682 (2022). It is on the Mediterranean coas ...
and
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
in Syria. There is a
border crossing point to Bab al-Hawa in Syria at Cilvegözü, south east of Reyhanlı town, which is the busiest land border post between Turkey and Syria.
Composition
There are 47
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Reyhanlı District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Adabucağı
* Ahmetbeyli
* Akyayla
* Alakuzu
* Bağlar
* Bahçelievler
* Bayır
* Beşaslan
* Bükülmez
* Çakıryiğit
* Cilvegözü
* Cüdeyde
* Cumhuriyet
* Davutpaşahüyüğü
* Değirmenkaşı
* Esentepe
* Fevzipaşa
* Fidanlık
* Gazimürseltepesi
* Göktepe
* Gültepe
* Harran
* Karacanlık
* Karahüyük
* Karasüleymanlı
* Konuk
* Kuletepe
* Kumtepe
* Kurtuluş
* Kuşaklı
* Mehmetbeyli
* Mustafa Kemal
* Nergizli
* Oğulpınar
* Öz Kurtuluş
* Paşahöyük
* Paşaköy
* Pınarbaşı
* Suluköy
* Tayfur Sökmen
* Terzihüyük
* Üçtepe
* Uzunkavak
* Varışlı
* Yeni
* Yenişehir
* Yeşilova
References
Populated places in Hatay Province
Districts of Hatay Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
External links
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g11997879-Reyhanli_Hatay_Province_Turkish_Mediterranean_Coast-Vacations.html
https://www.reyhanli.bel.tr/
http://www.hatay.gov.tr/reyhanli{{Hatay-geo-stub