Antioch (Turkey) (Geographic Name)

Not the same as Antioch in Pisidia; ancient city in Phrygia; in Isparta province.

BGN Phone call 9/14/81 (Antakya ppl. 36°14ʹN, 36°07ʹE; Turkish form Antakya; [conventional] Antioch; variants: Antakiya)

Enc. Brit., c1978 (Antioch; in Haytay prov.; Turkish: Antakya)

BGN, Sept. 18, 2001: (Antioch ; native: Haytay ; variants: Antioch, Antakya, Antakiya, Antiokheia ; 36deg. 14min. 00sec.N 036deg.07min. 00sec.E)

Getty, March 19, 2000: (Antakya (inhabited place) 3614N03607E. Note Greek city; Early Christian base of St. Paul ca. AD 47-55; part of Arab caliphate from 637; returned to Byzantine Empire 969; thenruled by Seljuq Turks (1084), Crusaders (1098), & Mamluks (1268); has been repeatedly destroyed by earthquakes & rebuilt. Antakya, Antakye, Antakiyah, Antioch, Antioche, Antiocho on the Orontes, Antiokheia, Antakiya, Hatay, Antiochea, Antiochia, Antiocheia, Antiochia Syriae)

Web. geog., via WWW, Sept. 18, 2001 (Antakya or Antakiyak or Antioch or Antiochia or Antiochea. City, Hatay prov. S. Turkey, 27 m S of Iskenderu ... History: Antioch founded by Seleucus Nicator 300 B.C.; became commercial rival of Alexandria; capital of Syria until 64 B.C.... Antioch, or Antiochea or Antiochia. City Turkey. See Antakya.)

Encyc. Britannica (Antioch. Turkish Antakya, populuous city of ancient Syria, and now a major town of south-central Turkey. It lies near the mouth of the Orontes River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the Syrian border)