Antakya (Antiokheia, Antakiya, 36°11′N 36°9′E), located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River (in Turkish: Asi Nehri) about 20 miles from the sea, is the seat of Hatay Province, Turkey. It has a population of 144,910 (2000 census). The Orontes and the norias of Hama The Orontes or ‘Asi is a river of Lebanon and Syria. ... shows the Location of the Province Hatay Flag of the Republic of Hatay (1938-1939) Hatay is a province of southern Turkey, situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and Syria to the south and east. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Part of a Roman mozaic with a theater scene from Antakya Museum (source: [1])

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Features

With its rich architectural heritage, Antakya is a member of the Norwich-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions [2]. Antakya Museum has the second largest collection of Roman mozaics in the world. Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch, Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... Octavian, widely known as Augustus, founder of the Roman empire The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. ...

Economy

Antakya is still of considerable importance. It remains the centre of a large district, growing in wealth and productiveness with the draining of its central lake, undertaken by a French company.

History

Densely-built Antakya in 1912: the traditional Muslim city shows no trace of its Hellenistic planning. To the east, orchards (green) fill the plain.

For historic Syrian Antioch, see Antioch on the Orontes.

In 1822 (as in 1872), Antakya was hit by an earthquake. When Ibrahim Pasha established his headquarters in the city in 1835, it had only some 5000 inhabitants. It was hoped that the city might develop thanks to the Euphrates valley railway, which was supposed to link it to the port of Suedia (now Samandağı). But such plans were doomed to come to naught. Instead, the city was struck by repeated outbreaks of cholera. In more recent times, the city did nevertheless develop and rapidly resumed much of its old importance when a railway was built along the lower Orontes valley. Download high resolution version (1171x798, 343 KB) Map of Antioch, 1912 from http://www. ... Download high resolution version (1171x798, 343 KB) Map of Antioch, 1912 from http://www. ... This is about one of the cities called Antioch in Asia Minor, now Turkey. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Ibrahim Pasha (Arabic: ابراهيم باشا) ‎ (1789 – 10 November 1848), a 19th century general of Egypt. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name, Arabic: الفرات; Al-Furat, Hebrew: פְּרָת Perath, Kurdish and Turkish: Fırat, Old Persian: Ufrat, Syriac: ܦܪܘܬ or ܦܪܬ; Frot or Prâth, Akkadian: Pu-rat-tu) is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (the other being the Tigris). ... Samandagi – Greek: Σέλεύχεια, transliterated as Seleucia or Seleukeia, and Σέλεύχεια Πιερία, transliterated as Seleucia Pieria or Seleukeia Pieria; also Palaeopolis, Samanda, Suedia, Zeugma, Yukari AleviÅŸik – 36°7′N 35°55′E) is a town in Hatay Province, Turkey, near the little village of Kabousiye. ... Drawing of Death bringing the cholera, in Le Petit Journal. ...

After the WW1 and Turkish Independence War modern Turkey was created. The province of Alexandretta (later renamed "Hatay" by Turkey), including Antakya (Antioch), was incorporated into the French Mandate of Syria, since Sunni and Alawite Arabs constituted the largest ethnic element in the local population. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Turkish War of Independence is a part of the History of Turkey that spans from the defeat of the Ottoman Empire by the Allies in World War I to the declaration of the Republic of Turkey on October 29, 1923. ... The French Mandate of Syria was a League of Nations Mandate created after the First World War when the Ottoman Empire was split by the Treaty of Versailles. ... Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... The Alawites are a Middle Eastern religious group prominent in Syria. ...

Turkey agitated for incorporation of the region into its own territory, citing the sizable Turkish minority, which it claimed were being mistreated. In 1938, as a step to ceding the province to Turkey, Turkey and France set up an "independent Republic of Hatay", whose government officials were drawn from the Turkish parliament. The following year, a referendum was orchestrated by the French and Turkish authorities in the newly-created state, with the result endorsing the Turkish annexation. This action by the French was in contravention of the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence of 1936, and contributed to the resignation of the nationalist government in Damascus, and escalated hostilities towards the French occupation of Syria. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Bloc signing the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence in Paris in 1936. ... President Hashim al-Atassi Hashim (Bay Khalid) al-Atassi (1875 - Dec. ... Damascus by night, pictured from Jabal Qasioun; the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic: ‎ translit: Also commonly: الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. ...

External links

• Governorship of Hatay
• Municipality of Antakya
• Antakya Trade and Industry Chamber
• Antakya Guide and Photo Album

	Districts of Hatay
Antakya | Altınözü | Belen | Dörtyol | Erzin | Hassa | İskenderun | Kırıkhan | Kumlu | Reyhanlı | Samandağı | Yayladağı Image File history File links Shows the location of the province Hatay in Turkey File links The following pages link to this file: Hatay Province ... shows the Location of the Province Hatay Flag of the Republic of Hatay (1938-1939) Hatay is a province of southern Turkey, situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and Syria to the south and east. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Altınözü is a district of Hatay Province of Turkey. ... Belen is a district of Hatay Province of Turkey. ... Dörtyol is a port and oil terminus at the head of the Gulf of Ä°skenderun in southeastern Turkey. ... Erzin, also known as Yesilkent is the city of Hatay with a population about 25,000. ... Hassa is a district of Hatay Province, Turkey. ... Ä°skenderun panorama Ä°skenderun (formerly known in the west as Alexandretta, from Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα; in Arabic الإسكندرون, al-Skanderoon) [Alexandrette in French] is a district and its center in the Turkish province of Hatay. ... Kırıkhan is a district of Hatay Province, Turkey. ... Kumlu is a district of Hatay Province, Turkey. ... Reyhanlı is a district of Hatay Province, Turkey. ... Samandağı is a district of Hatay Province of Turkey. ... Yayladağı is a district of Hatay Province of Turkey. ...

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

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