Places · city
Urfa
Edessa (Greek/Crusader); Şanlıurfa (modern Turkish). Major Armenian community pre-1915.
37.1580, 38.7940
- Armenian
Place context
Baseline place context
Urfa is recorded as a city. Alternate names and historical labels: Edessa (Greek/Crusader); Şanlıurfa (modern Turkish). Major Armenian community pre-1915.. Coordinates are 37.158, 38.794.
Seeded demographic observations include 1914 Armenian 30%; 1923 Armenian. No event relation is attached yet.
This baseline note identifies why the place exists in the atlas and should be replaced by a richer treatment of settlement, administrative history, demographic change, and connected events. editorial
Demographics over time
| Year | People | Share | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Armenian | 30% | 25,000 | Raymond Kévorkian |
| 1923 | Armenian | , | 0 | Raymond Kévorkian |