Yumurtalık
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Yumurtalık (), formerly called Aegeae, Ayas, Lyeys or Laiazzo, is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 447 km2, and its population is 17,654 (2022). It is a Mediterranean port and resort town at a distance of about from Adana city. The resident population of the town Yumurtalık is 5,739 (2022), but in the summer, it rises to 40,000 people since many inhabitants of Adana have holiday homes here. There are also many daily visitors during the holiday season.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Yumurtalık
- Turkey place.image_map
- Adana location Yumurtalık.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Yumurtalık District in Adana Province
- Turkey place.province
- Adana
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Erdinç Altiok
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 447
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 20
- Turkey place.population_total
- 17654
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 01680
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0322
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Yumurtalık
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Adana Province
- Population
- 18587
- Elevation
- 120
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Body of water
- Gulf of İskenderun
- Shares border with
- Karataş
- Official website
- www.yumurtalik.bel.tr
- Image
- Yumurtalık (Ayas) Beach.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- urban population
- 18653
- Commons category
- Yumurtalık
- topic's main category
- Category:Yumurtalık
- postal code
- 01680
- rural population
- 16510
- P8168
- Frenzal Rhomb
- name in kana
- ユムルタルク
- different from
- Aegae
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Ecclesiastical History
- Titular see
- Fortifications
- Yumurtalık today
- Composition
- Climate
- Places of interest
- Notable people
- References
- Sources and external links
Yumurtalık (), formerly called Aegeae, Ayas, Lyeys or Laiazzo, is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 447 km2, and its population is 17,654 (2022). It is a Mediterranean port and resort town at a distance of about from Adana city. The resident population of the town Yumurtalık is 5,739 (2022), but in the summer, it rises to 40,000 people since many inhabitants of Adana have holiday homes here. There are also many daily visitors during the holiday season.
Yumurtalık has a large free economic zone housing the production units of up to thirty companies presently in operation or in phase of being built. Fields of activities include industries ranging from petrochemicals, synthetic fibers and steel industry, and there are also plans for establishing a major shipyard.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yumurtalık” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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