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Türkiye

Gaziantep

Compare this sourced profile of Gaziantep, Türkiye before planning. Stable fields identify the place; confirm current transport, access and opening details with official sources.

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01What the data says — and does not say

What the data says — and does not say

This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Gaziantep—2,222,415, Europe/Istanbul, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.

Wikidata's localized description: city in Turkey.

02This city's dataset fingerprint

This city's dataset fingerprint

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Gaziantep is GeoNames ID 314830. Its recorded administrative path is Gaziantep → Türkiye, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Gaziantep occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-04-14; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.

Population position inside fixed cohorts

Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Gaziantep ranks 176 by recorded population. Inside the 26 selected Türkiye entries it ranks 5; inside the 243 entries in its broad region it ranks 34. Its 2,222,415 population value is 2.81 times the 792,110 median for the country cohort and 2.46 times the 902,588 regional median. Gaziantep falls between the leading tenth and quarter of this atlas's Türkiye population cohort. Gaziantep's recorded value reaches at least twice the country-cohort median in this snapshot. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.

Nearest-reference pattern

Gaziantep's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Aleppo at 97.45 km with 2,098,210 recorded people; Malatya at 165.385 km with 750,491 recorded people; Adana at 182.811 km with 1,816,750 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 85.361 km. Compared with Aleppo, Gaziantep's recorded population is 1.06 times as large. Against Gaziantep, Aleppo follows Aleppo → Syria in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the selected Syria cohort rather than Türkiye, uses Asia/Damascus instead of Europe/Istanbul, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Gaziantep's. Against Gaziantep, Malatya follows Malatya → Türkiye in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Türkiye cohort, uses the shared Europe/Istanbul identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Gaziantep's. Against Gaziantep, Adana follows Adana → Türkiye in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Türkiye cohort, uses the shared Europe/Istanbul identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Gaziantep's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 687 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Gaziantep's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 314830, the coordinate pair 37.0594 / 37.3825, country rank 5 of 26, and neighbor GeoNames 170063 at 97.45 km bind Gaziantep to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.

Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts

Gaziantep's reference point is 37.0594° north and 37.3825° east. The IANA identifier Europe/Istanbul is shared by 26 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Gaziantep's row carries a first-order administrative label but no second-order label. Gaziantep's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Gaziantep's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Gaziantep, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.

Record keys
Gaziantep · GeoNames 314830 · Q93338
Name scope
Gaziantep · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
Administrative chain
Gaziantep · Türkiye
Coordinate signature
37.0594° N · 37.3825° E
Population snapshot
2,222,415 · atlas rank 176 of 1,206
Country comparison
Türkiye rank 5 of 26 · median 792,110 · ratio 2.81×
Regional comparison
Africa and the Middle East rank 34 of 243 · median 902,588 · ratio 2.46×
Time-zone cohort
Europe/Istanbul · 26 of 1,206 atlas rows
Place-class cohort
PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
Elevation field
Gaziantep · missing in GeoNames
Nearest reference
Aleppo · 97.45 km · population 2,098,210 · atlas rank 195
Second reference
Malatya · 165.385 km · population 750,491 · atlas rank 732
Third reference
Adana · 182.811 km · population 1,816,750 · atlas rank 237
Neighbour geometry
Gaziantep · nearest-distance rank 687 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 85.361 km
Source dates
Gaziantep row updated 2026-04-14 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04