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Birecik (Şanlıurfa İli, Turkey)

LC control no.n 2004113424
Geographic headingBirecik (Şanlıurfa İli, Turkey)
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Geographic subdivision usageTurkey--Birecik (Şanlıurfa İli)
Variant(s)Apamea (Turkey)
Bir (Turkey)
Birejik (Turkey)
Birijik (Turkey)
Birtha (Turkey)
Bîrecûk (Turkey)
Βίρθα (Turkey)
Virtha (Turkey)
Macedonopolis (Turkey)
Makedonopolis (Turkey)
Bīrā (Turkey)
بيرا (Turkey)
Bêrecûg (Turkey)
بيره جك (Turkey)
Bile (Turkey)
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inUnited States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Turkey image city map 1:7,500. Birecik, c2003.
GEOnet, 14 Jan. 2003 (Birecik, PPL, 37°01ʹ46ʺN 37°59ʹ25ʺE, Turkey; variants: Apamea, Birejik, Birijik; cites another)
Col. gaz. world, 1998 (Birecik, anc. Birtha, town, Turkey, sometimes Birejik, Birijik, or Bir)
Öğretmen Yayınları (Firm). Türkiye siyasi haritası, 1997: map recto (Birecik, [in] Şanlıurfa İli)
Dağlı, F. Welatê me, 2003: p. 343 (Bîrecûk (Birecik))
Wikipedia, Aug. 22, 2011 (Birecik (Greek: Βίρθα = Virtha, and later Macedonopolis or Makedonopolis; Latin: Birtha; Arabic: al-Bīrā [in rom.] البيرا‎; Kurdish: Bêrecûg [in rom.], Ottoman Turkish: بيره جك), also formerly known as Bir and during the Crusades as Bile, is a town and district of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on the River Euphrates; 37°01ʹ30ʺN, 37°58ʹ37ʺE)
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