Adana

Adana is a ceety in Turkey an a major agricultural an commercial center. The ceety is situatit on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland frae the Mediterranean Sea, in sooth-central Anatolie. It is the admeenistrative seat o the Adana Province an haes a population o nearly 1.6 million, makin it the fift maist populous ceety in Turkey.

Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Aurie, wi a population o 2.87 million, stretches ower 100 kilometres frae east tae wast an 25 kilometres frae north tae sooth; encompassin the ceeties o Mersin, Tarsus, Adana an Ceyhan. It is the fowert lairgest metropolitan aurie in Turkey an ane o the kintra's leadin centres o commerce an cultur.

Adana lies in the hert o Çukurova, a geographical, economical an cultural region that covers the provinces o Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye an Hatay. Hame tae 5.62 million fowk, the region is maistly a lairge stretch o flat, fertile land being amang the maist agriculturally productive auries o the warld.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns — sister ceeties 
Adana is twinned wi:

  Córdoba, Spain
  Beersheba, Israel 
  Shymkent, Kazakhstan
  Famagusta, Cyprus
  Bremerhaven, Germany
  Skopje, Republic o Macedonie
  Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
  Livorno, Italy
  Ulan Bator, Mongolie

 References 

Category:Ceeties in Turkey
Category:Çukurova
Category:Cilicie
Category:Airchaeological steids in Turkey
Category:Populatit places alang the Silk Road
Category:Auncient Greek steids in Turkey
Category:Auncient Greek ceeties
Category:Hellenistic colonies
Category:Hittite ceeties
Category:Roman steids in Turkey
Category:Populatit places in Adana Province
Category:Thughur