Antalya Province

Antalya Province () is province locatit on the Mediterranean coast o soothwast Turkey, atween the Taurus Muntains an the Mediterranean Sea.

Antalya Province is the centre o Turkey's tourism industry, attractin 30% o foreign tourists visitin Turkey. The province o Antalya corresponds tae the lands o auncient Pamphylie tae the east an Lycia tae the wast. It featurs a shoreline o 657 km (408 mi) wi beaches, ports, an auncient ceeties scattered throughoot, includin the Warld Heritage Steid Xanthos.  The provincial caipital is Antalya ceety wi a population o 1,001,318.

Antalya is the fastest-growin province in Turkey; wi a 4.17% yearly population growthe rate atween years 1990-2000, compared wi the naitional rate f 1.83%. This growthe is due tae a fast rate o urbanization, pairticularly driven bi tourism an ither service sectors on the coast.

 Etymology 
The ceety an sicweys the province are namit efter Attalos II, king o Pergamon, who foondit the ceety in the 2nt century BC.

 Destricts an ceeties 
 The coastal destricts are; Antalya, Gazipaşa, Alanya, Manavgat, Serik, Kemer, Kumluca, Finike, Kale an Kaş.
 The inland destricts are heich in the Taurus Muntains, at elevations approx 900–1000 m abuin sea level. Thir are; Gündoğmuş, Akseki, İbradı, Korkuteli an Elmalı.

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

 Antalya Travel & Tourism Information

Category:Provinces o Turkey
Category:Antalya Province
Category:Mediterrean Region, Turkey
Category:States an territories established in 1921