Businesses in Suruç

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Suruç

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Gas station	33
Education	27
Car repair	22
Grocery stores and supermarkets	19
Restaurants	19
Mosques	10
Beauty salons	10
Shopping	9
Hospitals	6

Suruç Facts

Area	765.9 km²
Population	137,769
Male Population	68,512 (49.7%)
Female Population	69,257 (50.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+615.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+84.4%
Median Age	19.2 years (Male: 18.6, Female: 19.9)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$12,711 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Sarayaltı Mahallesi, Yıldırım Mahallesi, Dikili Mahallesi, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Aydın Mahallesi
Local Time
Timezone	Türkiye Standard Time
Lat & Lng	36.97612, 38.42533
Postal Codes	63800, 63820

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Suruç Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	19,243	49,237	74,731	115,163	137,769	149,217	163,339
Population Density	25.1 / km²	64.3 / km²	97.6 / km²	150.4 / km²	179.9 / km²	194.8 / km²	213.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Suruç Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 84.4% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Suruç	+615.9%	+179.8%	+84.4%
Şanlıurfa Province	—	—	—
Turkey	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Suruç Median Age

Median Age: 19.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Suruç	19.2 yrs	19.9 yrs	18.6 yrs
Şanlıurfa Province	18.6 yrs	19.2 yrs	18 yrs
Turkey	29.3 yrs	29.8 yrs	28.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Suruç Population Density

Population Density: 180 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Suruç	137,769	765.9 km²	180 / km²
Şanlıurfa Province	1.8 million	19,251.1 km²	93.4 / km²
Turkey	77.8 million	780,782.9 km²	99.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Suruç Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1720 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Neighborhoods in Suruç

Percentage of businesses by neighborhood in Suruç

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Suruç

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Suruç

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Suruç Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$5,597	$5,660	$6,800	$8,893	$9,955	$11,135	$11,411	$12,711
Total GDP	$319.7M	$370M	$550.8M	$886.4M	$1.1B	$1.5B	$1.7B	$1.9B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Suruç CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Suruç	592,500 tn	4.3 tn	773.6 tons/km²
Şanlıurfa Province	7,750,660 tn	4.31 tn	402.6 tons/km²
Turkey	435,645,812 tn	5.6 tn	558 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Suruç CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	592,500 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	4.3 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	773.6 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (7)
Earthquake	Medium (6)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
4/24/18	12:34 AM	5.2	69.3 km	10,000 m	3km ENE of Samsat, Turkey	usgs.gov
3/2/17	11:07 AM	5.6	71 km	10,000 m	5km NW of Samsat, Turkey	usgs.gov
9/4/08	10:54 PM	4.3	55.5 km	10,000 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov
9/3/08	2:25 AM	3.3	64.2 km	8,000 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov
9/3/08	2:22 AM	5	59.3 km	5,700 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov
8/16/06	10:38 AM	3	46.5 km	6,500 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov
7/24/06	11:04 PM	3.9	63.2 km	6,900 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov
3/15/06	9:06 PM	4	90.3 km	6,200 m	central Turkey	usgs.gov
5/10/05	6:38 AM	3.3	59.7 km	9,300 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov
1/7/05	6:27 AM	3.4	68.1 km	5,000 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Suruç

Suruç,(pronounced [ˈsuɾut͡ʃ], Kurdish: Pirsûs‎) is a rural district and city of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on a plain near the Syrian border 46 kilometres (29 mi) south-west of the city of Urfa.

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