Map of İskenderun, Turkey

İskenderun is a city in Hatay, Turkey, with a population of about 251,682. It lies at 36.5872°N, 36.1735°E. İskenderun is about 470 km (292 mi) southeast of Ankara, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kırıkhan, 19 km to the southeast.

İskenderun at a glance

Where is İskenderun?

• The 2nd largest city in Hatay on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 39 min on the shortest day to 14 h 40 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near İskenderun

• Kırıkhan — 19 km southeast
• Dörtyol — 28 km north
• Arsuz — 32 km southwest
• Antakya — 42 km south
• Reyhanlı — 50 km southeast
• Osmaniye — 55 km north
• Ceyhan — 58 km northwest
• Samandağ — 59 km south
• ‘Afrīn — 63 km east, Syria
• I‘zāz — 78 km east, Syria

Largest cities in Hatay

• Antakya — 399,045
• Samandağ — 123,447
• Arsuz — 109,550
• Kırıkhan — 60,916
• Reyhanlı — 56,995
• Dörtyol — 56,513

Largest cities in Turkey

• Istanbul — 15,701,602
• Ankara — 3,517,182
• Bursa — 3,101,833
• İzmir — 2,938,292
• Gaziantep — 2,222,415
• Diyarbakır — 1,833,684
• Adana — 1,816,750
• Kayseri — 1,452,458
• Konya — 1,433,861
• Antalya — 1,335,002

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.