Antakya

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Antakya is a city in southern Turkey, historically known as Antioch, renowned as an important center of Hellenistic, Roman, and early Christian civilization.

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Antakya canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
city
former imperial city
associatedWith Apostle Peter
surface form: Saint Peter
climate Mediterranean climate
country Turkey
ethnicCompositionIncludes Arabs
Turks
foundedAs Antioch on the Orontes
foundedBy Seleucus I Nicator
foundedInCentury 4th century BC
hasLandmark Antakya Archaeology Museum
Church of St Peter
Habib-i Neccar Mosque
Roman mosaics collection
historicalName Antioch
importantFor Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic culture

Roman urbanism
early Christianity
isCapitalOf Hatay Province
knownFor culinary traditions of Hatay
historical bazaars
multi-religious heritage
locatedIn Hatay Province
southern Anatolia
surface form: southern Turkey
locatedOnRiver Orontes River
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles
mergedInto Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey
mergedIntoYear 1939
nearBorderWith Syria
partOf Abbasid Caliphate
Byzantine Empire
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Hatay Province
surface form: Hatay State

Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic civilization

Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Principality of Antioch
Roman Empire
Seljuk Empire
Umayyad Caliphate
populationApproximate over 200000 inhabitants before 2023 earthquakes
religiousCommunitiesInclude Alevism
surface form: Alevi Muslims

Christianity
surface form: Christians

Sunni Islam
surface form: Sunni Muslims
religiousSignificance early Christian center
Patriarchate of Antioch
surface form: patriarchate of Antioch
sufferedEvent 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
sufferedSevereDamageIn February 2023
wasCapitalOf Byzantine theme of Syria
surface form: Byzantine theme of Antioch

Principality of Antioch
Roman Syria
surface form: Roman province of Syria

Roman Syria
surface form: Roman province of Syria Coele

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