İskenderun, Hatay Province, Mediterranean Region, Türkiye


🇹🇷 İskenderun (Arabic: الإسكندرونة‎, Greek: Αλεξανδρέττα), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The city was founded as Alexandria (Ἀλεξάνδρεια) to commemorate Alexander the Great’s victory over the Persian Darius III at Issus (Cilicia) in (333 BCE). İskenderun is located on the eastern Mediterranean coast on the Gulf of İskenderun, at the foot of the Nur Mountains (Amanos Mountains).

İskenderun is a busy commercial centre and is one of the largest cities in Hatay Province, similar in size to the provincial seat of Antakya. The city is one of Turkey's largest ports on the Mediterranean and an important industrial centre, home to the İsdemir steelworks, one of Turkey's largest. İskenderun has an active, modern life with good hotels, restaurants and cafes along the palm-lined sea front. There is a variety of accommodation for visitors. İskenderun is also an important naval training base.

Europe/Istanbul/Hatay 
<b>Europe/Istanbul/Hatay</b>
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İskenderun has a population of over 184,833 people. İskenderun also forms the centre of the wider İskenderun district which has a population of over 318,780 people.

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Antipodal to İskenderun is: -143.827,-36.587

Locations Near: İskenderun 36.1735,36.5872

🇹🇷 Hatay 36.253,36.426 d: 19.3  

🇹🇷 Antakya 36.159,36.203 d: 42.7  

🇹🇷 Ceyhan 35.8,37.017 d: 58.2  

🇹🇷 Adana 35.317,37 d: 89  

🇸🇾 Aleppo 37.161,36.201 d: 98.3  

🇹🇷 Şahinbey 37.2,36.9 d: 97.9  

🇸🇾 Latakia 35.783,35.517 d: 124.1  

🇹🇷 Kahramanmaraş 36.933,37.583 d: 129.7  

🇹🇷 Marash 36.933,37.583 d: 129.7  

🇹🇷 Gaziantep 37.39,37.069 d: 120.8  

Antipodal to: İskenderun -143.827,-36.587

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17823.1  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16374.4  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16532.1  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16260.7  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13642.6  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13506.4  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13487.3  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13486.7  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13486.2  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13412  

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