Gaziantep

Gaziantep (Ottoman Turkis: Ayintap; previously an still informally cawed Antep; ʻayn tāb ; North Sirian vernacular: ʻəntāb , adj. ʻəntēbī ) is the caipital ceety o the Gaziantep Province in Turkey. It is amangst the auldest continually inhabitit ceeties in the warld. The ceety haes twa central destricts unner its administration, Şahinbey an Şehitkamil, an the metropolitan aurie haes a total population o 1,252,329Türkiye istatistik kurumu Address-based population survey 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. (2007) and an area of 7,642 km² (2,950 sq mi).Statoids, Districts of Turkey Retrieved on 2008-03-21. Gaziantep is the saxt lairgest ceety in Turkey an the lairgest ceety in the kintra's Sootheastren Anatolie Region.

 Etymology 
Gaziantep wis oreeginally cawed Aïntap (frae Arabic عين تاب) but efter some centuries the name shiftit tae Antep. The oreegin o the name is shroudit in mystery, but there are several theories:
 "Aïntap" mey be derived frae "Khantap", meanin "keeng's land" in the Hittite leid.
 "Aïntap" means "full o springs" in Persian.
 "Aïn", a wird o praise, an "tap", meanin "spring", mey hae combined tae form the name.
 "Ayin ţaba" means "guid spring" in Aramaic (housomeivver, the Arabic name for the ceety is spelled with t, not ṭ)

In 1921, "Antep" wis legally renamed "Gaziantep", meaning "Victorious Antep".

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns - Sister ceeties 

Gaziantep is twinned wi:
  Duisburg, Germany (syne 2005) 
  Florence, Italy
  Aleppo, Sirie
  Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates  Nijmegen, Netherlands
  Karlstad, Swaden
 Kuwait Ceety, Kuwait
 Irbid, Jordan

 References 

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Category:Populatit places in Gaziantep Province