Place:İskenderun, Hatay, Turkey

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Nameİskenderun
Alt namesAlexandrettasource: Wikipedia
Alexandrettesource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 20-21
Alexandria ad Issumsource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 10261; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 38
Alexandria By Issussource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Iskanderunsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Iskenderonsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 423; Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
İskenderunsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Ἀλεξανδρέτταsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates36.617°N 36.133°E
Located inHatay, Turkey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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İskenderun ("Little Alexandria"), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.

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