City profile · Turkey · Asia
Besni
City population
41,892
#212
in Turkey
#3
in Adiyaman Province
#13,396
worldwide
37.693, 37.861 · 499 km from Ankara
About Besni
Besni is a city in Adiyaman Province, Turkey with a population of 41,892. It is the 212th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, and the 13,396th largest worldwide. It lies 499 km from Ankara.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 5
Elevation
904 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
37.693, 37.861
Record updated
2025-05-10
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 416 in TurkeyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.