Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Seleucia Pieria Today?

Seleucia Pieria is identified with Çevlik / Samandağ. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationHatay Province, Turkey
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs1

High confidence

Modern identification

Çevlik / Samandağ - Hatay Province, Turkey

Coordinates36.1240, 35.9220
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Acts 13:4

Why this place is in the atlas

Port of Syrian Antioch where Barnabas and Saul set sail for Cyprus in Acts 13.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Seleucia Pieria Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Port of Syrian Antioch where Barnabas and Saul set sail for Cyprus in Acts 13. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a6d306d, urlSlug: seleucia, friendlyId: Seleucia OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 36.124, longitude: 35.922, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion Hatay Province Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Acts 13:4 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes Biblical era context requires editorial review., Modern context requires editorial review. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Unknown