About İskenderun
İskenderun is a city in Hatay, Turkey with a population of 251,682. It is the 56th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, and the 2,286th largest worldwide. It lies 470 km from Ankara.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 13
Coordinates
36.587, 36.173
Record updated
11 March 2026
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.