Kumluca

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Kumluca
Location of Kumluca within Turkey.
Location of Kumluca within Turkey.
Coordinates: 36°22′N 30°17′E / 36.367, 30.283
Country Flag of Turkey Turkey
Region Mediterranean
Province Antalya
Area
 - Total 1,253 km² (483.8 sq mi)
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Population
 - Total 65.904
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) +90 242
Website: http://www.kumluca-bld.gov.tr/

Kumluca is a town and district of Antalya Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, part of the Turkish Riviera. Kumluca is located 90 km (56 mi) west of the city of Antalya, on the Teke Peninsula, (between the bays of Antalya and Fethiye).

The town of Kumluca, formerly the village of Sarıkavak, is named for its sandy soil (kum meaning sand in Turkish}, good for growing watermelons.

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[edit] Geography

The centre of the district is a plain pointing north from the Mediterranean coast and surrounded by mountains on three sides. The north of the district is hills and mountain. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool and wet as you would expect in a Mediterranean district; it never snows on the coast but there is snow on the mountains. In this climate fruit and vegetables can be grown under glass all year round and this is the mainstay of the local economy, along with orange trees, and Kumluca is a wealthy district.

[edit] Demographics

The district has a population of 65.904 according to the 2007 census.[1] The town itself has 31.581 inhabitants. Kumluca has 3 municipalities(Beykonak, Çavuşköy and Mavikent) and 24 villages.

The population of inhabited places are shown in the table(Municipalities are shown in bold)

Town/Village Population(2007)
Kumluca 31.581
Altınyaka 276
Belen 331
Beşikçi 523
Beykonak 7.240
Büyükalan 234
Çaltı 172
Çavuşköy 2.435
Çayiçi 202
Dereköy 85
Erentepe 606
Gölcük 284
Güzören 435
Hacıveliler 2.963
Hızırkahya 904
İncircik 290
Karacaağaç 164
Karacaören 748
Kavakköy 620
Kumlucayazarı 883
Kuzca 377
Mavikent 8.033
Ortaköy 440
Salur 2.225
Sarıcasu 2.867
Toptaş 712
Yenikışla 141
Yeşilköy 133
Total 65.904

[edit] Tourism

There are a number of important historical sites in the district of Kumluca including Olympos, Korydalla, Rhodiapolis, Idebessos and Gagai; of these Olympos is the largest and attracts the most visitors.

There is 30 km (19 mi) of coast with many hotels and restaurants between the villages of Adrasan and Olympos, and holiday villages near the town of Mavikent. West of Mavikent there is less development but taken as a whole Kumluca is one of the fastest growing local economies in Turkey.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu

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