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Samosata
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Samosata

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
37.580, 38.481
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: древний город в Турции, столица Коммагенского царства

History

Samsat, formerly Samosata is a small town in the Adıyaman Province of Turkey, situated on the upper Euphrates river. It is the seat of Samsat District. The town is populated by Kurds of the Bêzikan tribe.

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