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Karataş
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Karataş (Turkish for black stone) is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 862 km2, and its population is 23,499 (2022). The town itself has 10,293 inhabitants. It is on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, 47 km from the city of Adana, between the rivers Seyhan and Ceyhan, the Pyramos of Antiquity.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Karataş
Turkey place.image_skyline
Port of Karataş 03.jpg
Turkey place.image_map
Adana location Karataş.svg
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Karataş District in Adana Province
Turkey place.province
Adana
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP
Turkey place.leader_name
Ali Bedrettin Karataş
Turkey place.area_total_km2
862
Turkey place.elevation_m
10
Turkey place.population_total
23499
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.postal_code
01900
Turkey place.area_code
0322

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Adana Karataş Belediyesi | Karataş Belediyesi

Adana Karataş Belediyesi Resmi Web Sitesi

karatas.bel.tr

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Iron Age
  • Assyrian period
  • Hellenstic period
  • Roman period and later
  • Composition
  • Climate
  • Places of interest
  • Karataş today
  • References
  • External links

Karataş (Turkish for black stone) is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 862 km2, and its population is 23,499 (2022). The town itself has 10,293 inhabitants. It is on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, 47 km from the city of Adana, between the rivers Seyhan and Ceyhan, the Pyramos of Antiquity.

==History==

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

On the map

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