Ayaş (Erdemli)
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| Province (il) : | Mersin | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Erdemli | |||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 29 ' N , 34 ° 11' E | |||
| Height : | 10 m | |||
| Residents : | 2,216 (2014) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 324 | |||
| Postal code : | 33 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 33 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2015) | ||||
| Mayor : | Suleyman Koç | |||
Ayaş is a municipality in the Erdemli district of the Turkish province of Mersin . Since a regional reform in 2014, the place is no longer a municipality, but a district of the district town of Erdemli.
Ayaş is located in the south of the district on the Mediterranean Sea on the D-400 highway, about 20 kilometers southwest of the district town of Erdemli and 55 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Mersin . Ayaş consists of the parts Merdivenlikuyu and Yemişkumu. The main source of income for the place is tourism.
About ten kilometers east of Ayaş the Limonlu Çayı (ancient Lamos ) flows into the sea, which in ancient times formed the border between the plains (Kilikia Pedias) and the rough Cilicia (Kilikia Tracheia) . In the center of Ayaş are the ruins of the ancient city of Elaiussa Sebaste and about seven kilometers northeast of the center, in Kumkuyu / Tirtar, the area of Akkale . In the north of the village, about 2.5 kilometers inland, there is a collapse doline with the remains of the town of Kanytelleis , which at times belonged to Elaiussa Sebaste.
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- ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 19, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed December 19, 2015