Cilicia (tur)

Cilicia

Cilicia ranks 1,642nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Duluth, Minnesota, Jerez de la Frontera, and Aberdeen, Washington. Memorable people born in Cilicia include Seleucus IV Philopator, Mursili III, and Simplicius of Cilicia. Memorable people who died in Cilicia include John II Komnenos, Vonones I, and Bohemond II of Antioch. Cilicia has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Cilicia is located in Türkiye.

Cilicia is a geographical region of southern Anatolia in West Asia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia borders Pamphylia to the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia to the north, Commagene to the north-east, Syria to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain. The region includes the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay. Read more on Wikipedia