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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

Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Mersin Province
Continent
Asia
Official language
Turkish
Population
65920
Area
1430
Elevation
15
Body of water
Mediterranean Sea
Official website
www.anamur.bel.tr
Image
Anamurvonosten.JPG
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Commons category
Anamur
topic's main category
Category:Anamur
urban population
66828
rural population
55320
different from
Cape Anamur
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • 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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anamur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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