Nusaybin

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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.
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Coordinates:   37°5'8"N   41°13'21"E

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