Elif, Gaziantep


Elif is a town in Araban district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. It is only to River Fırat at. The distance to Araban is and to Gaziantep is. The population of the town was 3,460s of 2012. In the 2nd or 3rd century the town was a Roman settlement named Sugga. The mausoleum in the town is a Roman building. Elif was declared a seat of township in 1994. Major economic activity is pistachio farming. Some Elif residents work in construction sector.