Place:Şanlıurfa, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

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NameŞanlıurfa
TypeCity
Located inŞanlıurfa, Turkey


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Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa (; ;  ; ; known in ancient times as Edessa), is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km east of the Euphrates River. 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 BCE.[1] The area was part of a network of the first human settlements where the agricultural revolution took place. Because of its association with Jewish, Christian, and Islamic history, and a legend according to which it was the hometown of Abraham, Urfa is nicknamed the "City of Prophets."[2]

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