Birecik (from the Arabic and Syriac al-Bīrah, meaning fortress) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 93,866 (2023). It lies on the Euphrates.
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Built on a limestone cliff 400 ft. high on the left/east bank of the Euphrates, "at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearly north-south, and just below a sharp bend in the stream, where it follows that course after coming from a long reach flowing more from the west".
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Towns around Birecik
- Nizip17 km W
- Jarābulus23 km S
- ‘Ayn al ‘Arab37 km SE
- Suruç40 km E
- Gaziantep53 km W
- Manbij55 km S
- Bozova61 km NE
- Şanlıurfa74 km E
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