 ÅanlÄ±urfa , , often simply known as urfa in daily language (arabic Ø§ÙØ±ÙØ§ ar-ruhÄ, armenian ÕÖÕ¼Õ°Õ¡ uá¹ha, kurdish riha, syriac ÜÜÜªÜ urhoy), in ancient times edessa (ÎÎ´ÎµÏÏÎ± in greek), is a city with 482,323 inhabitants (2009 estimate) in south-eastern turkey, and the capital of ÅanlÄ±urfa province. it is a city with primary kurdish and arabic population. urfa is situated on a plain about eighty kilometres east of the euphrates river. urfa's climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. ==name== the city has been known by many names in history: ÕÖÕ¼Õ°Õ¡ uá¹ha in armenian, ÜÜÜªÜÜ urhai in syriac, Ø±Ù, Ø§ÙØ±ÙØ§, ar-ruhÄ in arabic and ÎÏÏÎ±, orrha in greek (also ÎÏÏÎ¿Î±, orrhoa). for a while during the rule of antiochus iv epiphanes (175 - 164 bce) it was named callirrhoe or antiochia on the callirhoe (). during byzantine rule it was named justinopolis'
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