Kumkuyu
| Kumkuyu | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Mersin | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Erdemli | |||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 31 ' N , 34 ° 12' E | |||
| Height : | 10 m | |||
| Residents : | 2,779 (2014) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 324 | |||
| Postal code : | 33 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 33 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2015) | ||||
| Mayor : | Ömer Sezer | |||
| Website: | ||||
Kumkuyu was a municipality in the district of Erdemli 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.
Kumkuyu is located in the south of the district on the Mediterranean Sea on the D-400 highway, about 15 kilometers southwest of the district town of Erdemli and 50 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Mersin . The main source of income for the place is tourism.
The previous place name was Tırtar. This name was derived from the semi-nomadic tribe of the Tırtar, who settled in the area from 1950.
About six kilometers northeast of Kumkuyu, the Limonlu Çayı (ancient Lamos ) flows into the sea, which in ancient times formed the border between the plains (Kilikia Pedias) and the rough Kilikien (Kilikia Tracheia) . In the area of the municipality, between the road and the Mediterranean Sea, lies the late Roman-Early Byzantine ruins of Akkale . In the north of the village, about 2.5 kilometers inland, there is a collapse doline with the remains of the city of Kanytelleis , which at times belonged to Elaiussa Sebaste , the remains of which can be found about seven kilometers southwest in Ayaş .
Individual evidence
- ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 19, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed December 19, 2015
- ↑ Sevan Nişanyan : Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 237