Yureğir (Adana)

Yureğir
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Adana
Coordinates :	37 ° 48 '  N , 35 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 48 '0 "  N , 35 ° 57' 0"  E
Height :	23  m
Telephone code :	(+90) 322
Postal code :	01 xxx
License plate :	01
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	107 Mahalle
Mayor :	Fatih Mehmet Kocaispir ( AKP )
Postal address :	Yavuzlar Mahallesi 4071 Sokak No: 4 01220 Yüreğir / ADANA
Website:	www.yuregir.bel.tr
Yüreğir County
Residents :	415,198 (2018)
Surface:	835 km²
Population density :	497 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Oğuzhan Bing Oil
Website (Kaymakam):	www.yuregir.gov.tr

Yüreğir is a district of the city of Adana and at the same time a district in the metropolitan province of Adana in Turkey . The district has existed since June 5, 1986 and is 23 m above sea level. Yüreğir is 835 km², before the reorganization of the province in 2008, the district was 1,443 km². The name comes from the Turkish tribe of Yüreğir , who founded the Ramazanoğulları dynasty here in the 14th century .

Worth seeing

In the east of the district are the ruins of the Byzantine - Little Armenian castle Gökvelioğlu Kalesi . In the village of Yakapınar are the ruins of the ancient Mopsuestia with a restored Roman bridge and a mosaic museum. 9 km south of it is the Armenian monastery Arqakaghni , built in 1122 , which was destroyed during the genocide of the Armenians from 1915.

Web links

Commons : Yüreğir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu , accessed August 28, 2019