Ortaca
Sign in to saveOrtaca () is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 285 km2, and its population is 54,478 (2022). Formerly a township part of Köyceğiz district, it was made into a separate district in 1987.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Ortaca
- Turkey place.image_map
- Muğla location Ortaca.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Ortaca District in Muğla Province
- Turkey place.province
- Muğla
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Evren Tezcan
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 285
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 29
- Turkey place.population_total
- 54478
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 48600
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0252
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Ortaca () is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 285 km2, and its population is 54,478 (2022). Formerly a township part of Köyceğiz district, it was made into a separate district in 1987.
Ortaca's economy is based on agriculture. It lies midway between Dalaman and Köyceğiz. Its name literally means "the town in the middle," possibly a reference to its location in the middle of the surrounding plain. The main agricultural products of the district include tomatoes, citrus fruits, cotton, and pomegranates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ortaca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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