Anamur district
Anamur is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,430 km2, and its population is 66,851 (2022). It is the westernmost district of that province, bordering on Antalya Province. Anamur contains Anatolia's southernmost point, It is a coastal resort known for its bananas and peanuts.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Anamur
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- View of Anamur, Mersin.jpg
- Turkey place.image_map
- Mersin location Anamur.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Anamur District in Mersin Province
- Turkey place.province
- Mersin
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Durmuş Deniz
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 1430
- Turkey place.population_total
- 66846
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0324
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Late Bronze
- Iron Age
- Climate
- Anamur today
- Sites to visit
- Composition
- Twin towns and sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Anamur is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,430 km2, and its population is 66,851 (2022). It is the westernmost district of that province, bordering on Antalya Province. Anamur contains Anatolia's southernmost point, It is a coastal resort known for its bananas and peanuts.
==Etymology== Anamur has mutated from the Ancient Greek "Anemourion" (), Latinized as "Anemurium", meaning "windmill".