Kilis

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Kilis is a small Turkish city near the Syrian border known for its strategic location, cross-border trade, and distinctive regional cuisine.

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Label Occurrences
Kilis canonical 9
Kilis Municipality 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
provincial capital
agriculturalProduct grape
olive
pistachio
areaCode 348
borderGate Öncüpınar Border Gate
borderRegion Turkey–Syria border
climate hot-summer Mediterranean climate
coordinateLatitude 36.7167
coordinateLongitude 37.1167
country Turkey
countryCode TR
distanceToGaziantep_km approximately 60
economicActivity agriculture
trade
elevation_m approximately 640
governingBody Kilis Municipality
linked to: Kilis
hasBorderCrossingWith Syria
hasCuisineInfluenceFrom Aleppo
Gaziantep
hasRefugeePopulation Syrian refugees
hasUniversity Kilis 7 Aralık University
historicalControl French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (nearby region)
Ottoman Empire
historicalRegion Northern Syria
linked to: northern Syria

Upper Mesopotamia
joinedTurkey 20th century
knownFor cross-border trade
regional cuisine
strategic location
locatedIn Kilis Province
Southeastern Anatolia Region
locatedNear Aleppo Governorate
Syrian border
nearbyMajorCity Gaziantep
officialLanguage Turkish
partOf Fertile Crescent region
linked to: Fertile Crescent
postalCodePrefix 79000
region Southern Turkey
religionMajority Sunni Islam
subdivisionType province capital
timeZone TRT
traditionalDish bulgur-based dishes
kebab varieties
kibbeh (içli köfte)
utcOffset +3
vehicleRegistrationCode 79

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