Yumurtalık
| Yumurtalık | ||||
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 Ayas Kalesi, Seeburg |
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Adana | |||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 46 ' N , 35 ° 48' E | |||
| Height : | 120 m | |||
| Residents : | 5,046 (2011) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 322 | |||
| Postal code : | 01 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 01 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 24 malls | |||
| Mayor : | Türkeş Filik ( MHP ) | |||
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| Yumurtalık County | ||||
| Residents : | 18,587 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 447 km² | |||
| Population density : | 42 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | İsmail Hakkı Ertaş | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Yumurtalık is a seaside resort in the south of Turkey and capital of the same district of the province of Adana . Since a regional reform in 2014, the municipality (Belediye) and the district (İlçe) are congruent. Yumurtalık is about 80 km from the city of Adana on the Gulf of İskenderun .
Yumurtalık was called Ayas in Ottoman times.
Worth seeing
In ancient times the place of today's Yumurtalık was Aigeai , in the Middle Ages the name was Ayas. A lake and a country castle as well as a tower located about one kilometer to the west by the sea have been preserved. In 1994 the late Hittite stele of Yumurtalık was found during construction work .
The Kurtkulağı caravanserai is located about 20 kilometers northeast in the town of the same name .
Web links
Commons : Yumurtalık - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu , accessed August 28, 2019
