Mersin Province

The Mersin Province () is a province in soothren Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast atween Antalya an Adana. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Mersin an the ither major toun is Tarsus, birthplace o Saunt Paul. The province is pairt o Çukurova, a geographical, economical an cultural region, that covers the provinces o Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye an Hatay.

The umwhile name o the province wis İçel. In 2002, the province's name wis chyngit tae Mersin tae match the provincial caipital's name, as is the case for aw Turkis provinces except three. The province retained the license plate nummer o 33, İçel haein been the 33rd in the alphabetical order o Turkis province names, when thare wur anerlie 67 provinces in Turkey.

Geography
87% o the land aurie is muntain, leadin up tae the rocky heights o the central Taurus Muntains, the heichest peak is Medetsiz (3,584 m) in the Bolkar range, an thare are a nummer o important passes ower tae central Anatolie. Thare are mony heich meadaes an sma plains atween 700 an 1500m.

The coastal strip haes mony lairge auries o flatland, formed frae soil brocht doun bi rivers an streams runnin aff the muntains. This is fertile land, the lairgest aurie bein the plain o Tarsus. The lairgest rivers are the Göksu an the Berdan (aka Tarsus, Cydnus o antiquity), but thare are mony sma streams runnin intae lakes, reservoirs or the Mediterranean sea. Mersin haes 321 km o coastline, hintle o it sandy beach. The climate is teepical o the Mediterranean; vera het an vera humid in simmer, warm an wet in winter; the winter rains can be vera hivy an floodin is a problem in mony auries, but it niver snaws on the coast, awtho thare is snaw in the heich muntain auries.

The ceety o Mersin is ane o Turkey's busiest: due tae the economic activity in this pairt o Turkey generatit bi the GAP Project Mersin is Turkey's biggest Mediterranean port, an nou haes an ile refinery an a free tred zone too; thare are a nummer o factories alang the road atween Mersin an Adana, manufacturin gless, detergents, fertilisers an mony mair. Wi aw this activity a modren ceety haes grown wi a varsity an ither major amenities.

Aboot 50% o the population o the province is younger than 24 years o age. 68% wur born in Mersin. The literacy rate is 89%. Aboot 43% o the male population an aboot 27% o the female population graduatit frae middle schuil. Infant mortality is 0.48%. Urban population growthe rate is 2.42%. Population density is 117.

Tourism
Mersin daes no hae the huge volume o tourists enjoyed bi neighbourin Antalya or the Aegean coast, but Turkis fowk dae come tae this coast, especially nou that the hotels hae air-conditionin, an aiblins mair tae the muntain kintra ahint whaur thare are healin mineral watter springs. In simmer the hills are a popular retreat frae the heich humidity an extreme heat on the coast. Wast o Mersin includes bays, an little islands. Yacht tourin is a tourism income in thir auries.

History

See Mersin for a detailed history o the ceety.

In antiquity this coast wis pairt o Cilicie, namit for a Phoenicie or Assirie prince that haed settled here. Tred frae Sirie an Mesopotamie ower the muntains tae central Anatolie passed throu here, throu the Cilicie Gates. The geographer Strabo, describit the region as bein dividit intae "Ruggit Cilicie" (Cilicia Trachea) an "Flat Cilicie" (Cilicia Pedias). The caipital o baith sections o Cilicie wis Tarsus an Mersin wis its seaport.

 Destricts 
Mersin province is dividit intae thirteen destricts fower o which are actually includit athin the municipality o Mersin ceety (shawn in bauldface letters).

Akdeniz
Mezitli
Toroslar
Yenişehir
Anamur
Aydıncık
Bozyazı
Çamlıyayla
Erdemli
Gülnar
Mut
Silifke
Tarsus

 Population o the province 
(In the table belaw, the fower intraceety municipalities are merged athin Mersin proper.)

Name o the destrictPopulation (ceety)Population (tot, includin rural aurie)Mersin 842 230888 803Anamur34 22762 702Aydıncık8 00411 651Bozyazı15 61526 295Çamlıyayla2 8619 847Erdemli45 241125 391Gülnar8 35719 141Mut28 96663 673Silifke51 684113 404Tarsus233 436308 681

Places o interest
 The ceety o Tarsus, birthplace o Saunt Paul, whose hoose an well are steids o Christian pilgrimage. 
 Silifke - auncient Seleucia Pieria, biggins include the kirk o Aya Tekla, the first female saunt. 
The auncient Roman toun o Soloi-Pompeiopolis, nou athin the ceety. Aboot Mersin 
Anither auncient ceety o Elaiussa Sebaste, 55 km frae the ceety o Mersin.
 Castles includin Kızkalesi, Namrun.

Touns an ither geographic featurs

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Touns

Arslanköy
Ayvagediği
Büyükeceli
Çarıklar
Çeşmeli
Göksu
Gözne
Gülek
HuzurkentIncorporated within Greater Mersin
KaledranActually a village
Kargıpınarı
Kazanlı
Kızkalesi
Kocahasanlı
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Köseçobanlı
Kuskan
Limonlu
Narlıkuyu
Ören
Sebil
Soğucak
Taşucu
Tekeli
Tekmen
Uzuncaburç
Yenice
Yeşilovacık
Yeşiltepe
Zeyne
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Airchaeological walth
Adamkayalar
Alahan Monastery
Aya Tekla Kirk
Cennet an Cehennem
Cleopatra's gate
Corycus
Çanakçı rock tombs
Gözlükule
Kanlıdivane
Lamas Aqueduct
Mamure Castle
Meydancık Castle
Mut Castle
Olba (auncient ceety)
Roman road in Cilicie
Saunt Paul's Kirk, Tarsus
Soli, Cilicie
Tapureli ruins
Üçayak ruins
Yumuktepe

Ither
Abanoz
Çukurova
Dana Adası
Gulf o Mersin
Karabucak Forest
Karakız Lake
Leet o municipalities in Mersin Province
Mersin Harbor
Adana Conference (Yenice Görüşmesi )
Tourism centers o Mersin Province

 See an aw 
Leet o populatit places in Mersin Province ‎
Transport in Mersin Province

 Notes 

Freemit airtins
 Mersin Ceety 
 Mersin Wather Forecast Information 
 Aboot Mersin Ceety 
 University o Mersin
 Mersin ceety cooncil 
 People Of Mersin 
 Real Estate Agency Mersin Turkey 
 some photographs o Mersin
 * Mersin technopark
 Mersin Chamber o Commerce an Industry (in Inglis)
 Mersin Chamber o Shipping (in Inglis) 
 Mersin Photographic society (in Inglis) 
 2008 Saunt Paul Year Inglis) 
 Mersin News 
Mersin 2013 Wab Steid 

Category:Provinces o Turkey