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Place details
- Locality
- Kozan
- Region
- Adana
- Country
- Türkiye
- Population
- 88,115
- Timezone
- Europe/Istanbul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Turkey
- Province
- Adana
- Mayor
- Mustafa Atlı ( MHP )
- Area
- 1,903 km (735 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 120 m (390 ft)
- Population 2022
- 132,703
- Density
- 69.73/km (180.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( TRT )
- Postal code
- 01510
- Area code
- 0322
- Website
- www .kozan .bel .tr
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 3000 BCE
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Sis
- Located in
- Adana Province
- Official language
- Turkish
- Population
- +72727
- Area
- +1873
- Elevation
- +120
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Capital of
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Official website
- www.kozan.bel.tr
- Image
- Street view, Kozan - Adana 01.JPG
Article
Kozan, formerly Sis (Armenian: Սիս), is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,903 km, and its population is 132,703 (2022). It is 68 kilometres (42 miles) northeast of Adana, in the northern section of the Çukurova plain. The Kilgen River, a tributary of the Ceyhan, flows through Kozan and crosses the plain south into the Mediterranean. The Taurus Mountains rise up sharply behind the town.
Sis was the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, today's Sis (ancient city), now called Kozan Kalesi, was built on a long rocky ridge in the center of the modern city.