Pharax was a town in the borderlands of

ancient Isauria Isauria ( or ; ), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surroundings in the Konya Pro ...

and

Cilicia Cilicia () is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (). The region inclu ...

, inhabited in

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

and

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

times. Its site is located near

Göktepe Göktepe (former ''Fariske'') is a town (''belde'') in the Sarıveliler District, Karaman Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,051 (2022). Geography Göktepe is a mountain town in the Toros Mountains with an altitude of about . Göktepe is qu ...

, Asiatic Turkey.

References

Populated places in ancient Cilicia Populated places in ancient Isauria Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey History of Karaman Province {{Karaman-geo-stub