Sis was the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, its ruins standing near the modern town of Kozan in Turkey Adana Province. The site began as a Hittite settlement in the second millennium BC and was recaptured from Arab forces by the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II Phokas in 962. Rubenid baron Thoros I took the fortress for Armenian rule in 1113, and kings Levon I and Hetum I later expanded it into a large citadel with palaces and churches, its circuit walls running nearly three kilometers. Mamluk forces conquered and destroyed the city in 1375, ending the Armenian kingdom, though Armenian residents continued to live there until the town was abandoned in 1921.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): Turkey: Provinces and Major Cities
City Population (citypopulation.de)Cities and towns table, 2022-12-31 estimate column (Kozan)Quote, Cities and towns table, 2022-12-31 estimate column (Kozan)
Kozan ADA 50,234 54,451 75,833 81,352 89,934 95,113 0
2. Sis (ancient city) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.4444, longitude 35.8103
3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.4444,35.8103
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 379.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.25, 35.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.25, 35.75
37.25 35.75 Csa
5. GeoNames: Kozan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 306112, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.29 km)Quote, cities500 record 306112, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.29 km)
37.45517 35.81573 P PPLA2 TR 81 7911055 88115 140 Europe/Istanbul
Sis (ancient city) (Wikipedia)
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Sis (Armenian: Սիս) was the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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