Hatay Province

Hatay Province (, ) is the soothmaist province o Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast. It is bordered bi the Sirie govrenorate o Latakia tae the sooth an east an the Turkis provinces o Adana an Osmaniye tae the north. The province is pairt o Çukurova, a geographical, economical an cultural region that covers the provinces o Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, an Hatay. The admeenistrative caipital is Antakya (Antioch), while the lairgest ceety in the province is the port ceety o İskenderun (Alexandretta). Thare are mairch crossin pynts wi Sirie in the destrict o Yayladağı an at Cilvegözü in the destrict o Reyhanlı.

Geography
46% o the land is muntain, 33% plain an 20% plateau an hillside. The maist prominent featur is the north-sooth leadin Nur Muntains an the heichest peak is Mığırtepe (2240m), ither peaks include Ziyaret dağı an Keldağ (Jebel Akra or Casius) at 1739 m. The folds o land that mak up the landscape o the province wur formed as the land masses o Arabian-Nubian Shield an Anatolie hae pushed intae ilk ither, meetin here in Hatay, a classic example o the Horst-graben formation. The Orontes River rises in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon an runs throu Sirie an Hatay, whaur it reserves the Karasu an the Afrin River.  It flows intae the Mediterranean at its delta in Samandağ. Thare wis a lake in the plain o Amik but this wis drained in the 1970s, an the day Amik is nou the lairgest o the plains an an important agricultural center. The climate  is teepical o the Mediterranean, wi warm wet winters an het, dry simmers. The muntain auries inland are drier than the coast. Thare are some mineral deposits, İskenderun is hame tae Turkey's lairgest iron an steel plant, an the destrict o Yayladağı produces a colourful marble cried Rose o Hatay.

Climate
Hatay haes a Mediterranean climate which haes vera het, lang an dry simmers wi ceul rainy winters.

Destricts
Hatay province is dividit intae 12 destricts Altınözü, Antakya,
Belen, Dörtyol, Erzin, Hassa, İskenderun, Kırıkhan, Kumlu, Reyhanlı, Samandağ an Yayladağı.

Notes

Freemit airtins
 Hatay News
 pictures Photo Galery 
 the provincial govrenor's wabsteid
 Picturs o Antakya
 Pictures o Antakya Museum
 Pictures o Hatay 
 Flag an info o the Republic o Hatay
 Hatay Weather Forecast Information 
 Hatay Radio Stations
 Tourist Information and pictures about Hatay/Antakya wi Webcams an weather information 
 Hatay Radio Station

Turkis
 The local newspaper
 Mustafa Kemal University
 The local newspaper

Category:Provinces o Turkey
Category:Hatay Province
Category:Mediterrean Region, Turkey
Category:History o Sirie
Category:Fertile Crescent
Category:States an territories established in 1939
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Category:Territorial disputes o Sirie
Category:Disputit territories in Asie