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| Geographical Position |
Gaziantep is situated where the Mediterranean region and South East Anatolia region meet. Sharing a border with Syria, Gaziantep has most of its land in the west of South East Anatolia and some part in the East of the Mediterranean region. Gaziantep is surrounded by Birecik and Halfeti (Towns in the Urfa province) in the East, Besni 8Aıyaman province) in the Northeast, Pazarcik (Kahramanmaras province) in the North, Bahe ( Osmaniye province) in theWest, Hassa (Hatay province) in the Southeast and Kilis province in the South. The lands of Gaziantep take place on the 38 28 and 38 01 east longitudes and 36 38 and 37 32' north latitudes. With 6216 square kms of lands, Gaziantep occupies 1 % of Turkey's lands. The altitude of the city center 850 meters from the sea level but the altitude changes between 250 m. and 1250 m. 27 % o f the area is lowlands.
The mountains in the West of the area are natural borders between Gaziantep and Kahramanmaraş /Hatay lowlands. Sof Mountains lie as extension of South East Taurus mountains. To the South of Sof Mountains lies Gaziantep highland. Dulukbaba mountains are towards the Northwest of the city. The peak of Dulukbaba mountains is 1250 meters high. Gani Baba and Sarikaya mountains which are parts of Sof mountains in the direction of Hatay are about 1100 meters high. To the west of Gani Baba and Sarikaya mountains is Isiahiye lowland, and lslahiye plateau is situated to the East. Sam Mountains which are 1050 in hight are situated between Sof mountains and Dulukbaba mountains.
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