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    Demre is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 329 km2, and its population is 27,691 (2022). It was named after the river...
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    Santa Claus legend, was born in Patara, a small town close to present-day Demre. Herodotus, regarded as the "father of History", was born in Bodrum (ancient...
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    Myra (category Demre District)
    renamed Demre in 2005, in the present-day Antalya Province of Turkey. It was founded on the river Myros (Ancient Greek: Μύρος; Turkish: Demre Çay), in...
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    basilica church in the ancient city of Myra, now a museum located in modern Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. It was built above the burial place of St Nicholas...
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    Lycian Way (category Demre District)
    Patara-Kalkan, Kalkan-Sarıbelen-Gökçeören, Gökçeören-Kaş, Kaş-Kekova, Kekova-Demre, Demre-Alakilise-Finike, Karaöz-Cape Gelidonya-Adrasan, Adrasan-Olimpos-Çıralı...
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    Beach Antalya province is divided into 19 districts: Akseki Aksu Alanya Demre Döşemealtı Elmalı Finike Gazipaşa Gündoğmuş İbradı Kaş Kemer Kepez Konyaaltı...
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    village" in Turkish) is a village of the Demre district in the Antalya Province of Turkey, located between Kaş and Demre, on the Mediterranean coast. Kaleköy...
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    Davazlar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey Its population is 116 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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  • Kapaklı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 520 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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    Kekova (category Demre District)
    also named Caravola (Greek: Dolichiste), is a small Turkish island near Demre (Demre is the Lycian town of Myra) district of Antalya province which faces...
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  • Kaleüçağız is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 517 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil...
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  • Çağman is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 228 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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  • and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,282 (2022). Köşkerler is 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the town of Demre. The provincial...
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  • Gürses is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 383 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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  • Belören is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 481 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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    his homeland. In 2017, an archaeological survey at St. Nicholas Church, Demre was reported to have found a temple below the modern church, with excavation...
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    Antalya received 13.4 million foreign tourists by air. Aksu Alanya Beydağları Demre Elmalı Karpuzkaldıran Kaş Kemer Konyaaltı Lara Manavgat Saklikent Serik...
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    Roman province of Lycia, whose ruins are 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from modern Demre in southwest Turkey. Among other saintly attributes, he was noted for the...
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  • Çevreli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 786 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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    advertising. Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century Greek Christian bishop of Myra (now Demre) in the region of Lycia in the Roman Empire, today in Turkey. Nicholas was...
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  • Beymelek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,708 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation...
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    Cyprus Airways Flight 284 de Havilland Comet 4 tudeMediterranean, near Demre, Turkey ENR 1967-10-12 66 3 63 0 † COM United Airlines Flight 409 Douglas...
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    this exodus, but derelict Greek houses can also be seen at Kalkan, Kas and Demre. "The top destinations for 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09...
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    Cathedral of Altamura Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo St. Nicholas Church, Demre Calia, Angela; Leucci, Giovanni; Masini, Nicola; Matera, Loredana; Persico...
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  • Yavu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 402 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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    this exodus, but derelict Greek houses can also be seen at Kalkan, Kas and Demre. Herod. vii. 77; Strab. xiv. p. 667; Plin. v. 25, 42. Stephanus of Byzantium...
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    common excursion from Kaş is Kekova island in the neighbouring district of Demre. Here in the bays there are a number of wrecks of ancient ships and ancient...
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    Several tornadoes and waterspouts touched down in Europe. One waterspout hit Demre, Turkey, causing IF1 damage to 175 decares of greenhouses and electricity...
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    "Stray dog Arthur to move in with Swedish family". The Local. Sweden. Demred, Jon (March 20, 2015). "Här återförenas hunden Arthur och Mikael". Aftonbladet...
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    birthplace as "a little town near Minsk". Other sources cite such places as Demre and Dmra, "a village between Minsk and Vilnius". Charles Higham and Scott...
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