Payas
Sign in to savePayas (; ; ) is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 157 km2, and its population is 43,919 (2022). The district Payas was created in 2013 from part of the district of Dörtyol.
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Place details
- Locality
- Payas
- Region
- Hatay
- Country
- Türkiye
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/Istanbul
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Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Payas
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Sokollu Mehmet Pasha caravanserai.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Caravanserai
- Turkey place.image_map
- Hatay location Payas.png
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Payas District in Hatay Province
- Turkey place.province
- Hatay
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Bekir Altan
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 157
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 36
- Turkey place.population_total
- 43919
- Turkey place.population_as_of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Hatay Province
- Population
- +41409
- Elevation
- +36
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Gulf of İskenderun
- Shares border with
- Dörtyol
- Image
- Sokollu Mehmet Pasha caravanserai.jpg
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Payas (; ; ) is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 157 km2, and its population is 43,919 (2022). The district Payas was created in 2013 from part of the district of Dörtyol.
==Geography== Payas is a Mediterranean coastal town. Distance to Dörtyol at the north is , to İskenderun at the south is and to Antakya (the province center) is .