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Nusaybin (Kurdish: Nisêbîn) District Capital, Mardin Province.
Nusaybin (Syriac: ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, Nṣibin, later Syriac ܨܘܒܐ, Ṣōbā, classical Nisibis) is a city in Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey populated by Sunni Kurds, Turks and Arabs. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009. The origin is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Μυγδονίας) and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus I against the Molon (Polybius, V, 51). Greek historian Plutarch suggested that the city was populated by Spartan descendants. The Syriac name for the town is Soba. The Armenian name is Մծբին Mtsbin.
Nusaybin (Syriac: ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, Nṣibin, later Syriac ܨܘܒܐ, Ṣōbā, classical Nisibis) is a city in Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey populated by Sunni Kurds, Turks and Arabs. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009. The origin is the ancient Mesopotamian city, which Alexander's successors refounded as Antiochia Mygdonia (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Μυγδονίας) and is mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus I against the Molon (Polybius, V, 51). Greek historian Plutarch suggested that the city was populated by Spartan descendants. The Syriac name for the town is Soba. The Armenian name is Մծբին Mtsbin.
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Coordinates: 37°5'8"N 41°13'21"E
- Derik Area (DFNS) 46 km
- Ras al-Ayn District 154 km
- Akre District 210 km
- Şemdinli District 265 km
- Malazgirt District 282 km
- Erciş District 297 km
- Aziziye District 365 km
- İspir District 419 km
- Yusufeli District 448 km
- Vedi district of Ararat province 451 km
- Ancient Nisibis 2.3 km
- Mahmaqiyah 2.3 km
- Gharbiyeh 3.5 km
- Quarries 3.6 km
- Syriac Neighborhood 4.2 km
- Qanat as-Suways 4.9 km
- Allaya 5 km
- Al-Qamishli/ Qamişlo Subdistrict 16 km
- Hassakah Governorate (PCS) 37 km
- Mardin Province 39 km
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