About Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa is a city in Sanliurfa, Turkey with a population of 449,549. It is the 29th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, and the 1,288th largest worldwide. It lies 600 km from Ankara.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Coordinates
37.167, 38.794
Record updated
13 July 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.