KILIS

AREA: 1.243 km² POPULATION: İlçe 101.818 (1985) TRAFFIC CODE: 79

 

DISTRICTS: Kilis (center), Elbeyli, Musabeyli, Polateli

Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Kilis

Sites
Archaeological Sites: 15
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: -
Historical Sites: -
Total: 16
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 277
TOTAL: 293

SITES OF INTEREST: Kuzuini (Kuzeyne in old times) village at nothwest of Kilis, ruins of inner and outer city walls, resembles an open air museum with ruins from buildings which belonged to Hittites, Romans, Byzantines and Arabs. Kilis Grand Mosque, Akcurun Mosque, Canbolat Bey Mosque, Şeyh Mosque, Şeyhler Mosque, Hindioğlu Mosque, Çalık Mosque, Cüneyde Mosque, Kadı Mosque, Mevlevi Lodge, Şeyh Abdullah Efendi Lodge, Canbolat and Şeyh Abdullah Efendi Mausoleums, Baytaz Inn, Hoca Bath, Eski Bath, Pasha Bath, Hasan Bey Bath which is also known as the Sunk (Çukur) Bath, Tuğlu Bath, Kurdağa Fountain, İpşir Pasha Fountain, Fellah Fountain, Haffaf (Kavaf) Fountain and Küçük Çarşı Fountain.

Provincial Cultural Directorate

Tel: (348) 813 49 09
Fax: (348) 813 49 09