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Mersin Province is a region located in south-central Turkey along the Mediterranean coast. It matters as an important economic and cultural area in Turkey, serving as a major port and commercial hub for the country's southern region.
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- Instance of
- province of Turkey
- Part of
- Adana Subregion
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Turkey
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Mersin
- Official language
- Turkish
- Population
- 1733188
- Area
- 16010
- Elevation
- 5
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Shares border with
- Antalya Province
- Official website
- www.mersin.gov.tr
- Image
- Mersin districts.png
- Households
- 611399
- Life expectancy
- 78.08
- Dialing code
- 324
- Licence plate code
- 33
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- Commons category
- Mersin Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Mersin Province
- postal code
- 33000–33999
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Mersin Province
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Mersin Province
- native label
- Mersin ili
- language used
- Turkish
- male population
- 863221
- female population
- 869967
- different from
- Mersin
- annual number of weddings
- 13241
- water as percent of area
- 0.57
- suicide rate
- 6.59
- total fertility rate
- 1.46
- mean age
- 35.42
- minimum temperature record
- -6.6
- maximum temperature record
- 41.5
- present in work
- Civilization V
- name in kana
- メルスィン
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Encyclopedic overview
Mersin Province (Turkish: Mersin ili), formerly İçel Province (İçel ili), is a province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. Its area is 16,010 km, and its population is 1,916,432 (2022). The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir. Next largest is Tarsus, the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. The province is considered to be a part of the geographical, economical and cultural region of Çukurova, which covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay.
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