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Yayladağı (pronounced [ˈjajɫaˈdaɰɯ]) is a toun an destrict o Hatay Province in soothren Turkey, on the border atween Turkey an Sirie, 51 km (32 mi) sooth o the ceety o Antakya. It wis umwhile kent as Ordu-Muradiye.
Yayladağı | |
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Coordinates: 35°54′09″N 36°03′38.16″E | |
Kintra | Turkey |
Region | Mediterranean |
Province | Hatay |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Mustafa Kemal Dağıstanlı (MHP) |
Area | |
• City | 366 km2 (141 sq mi) |
Elevation | 613 m (2,011 ft) |
Population (2000) | |
• Density | 75.7/km2 (196/sq mi) |
• Urban | 6,471 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 31xxx |
Area code(s) | +(90)326 |
Website | Hatay Province Admeenistrative Destrict o Yayladağı |
The destrict haes a lang history datin back tae the Hittites. Islam wis brocht here bi the Abbassid Arabs, an frae 1075 onwards the Seljuk Turks. Throuch the Crusades, the muntains wid pairt o the principality o Antioch, then they returned tae Turkis control, an in 1268 wis brocht intae the Ottoman Empire bi Sultan Selim I in his campaign intae Egypt.
Thir days, Yayladağı itsel is a sma toun o 5,717 fowk as o 2000 census, providin the destrict wi a heal centre, heich schuils an ither basics.
This is a muntainous deestrict wi a teepical Mediterranean climate o het, dry simmers an warm, wet winters, but bein inlaund an heich up, Yayladağı is ceuler than maist o Hatay, even seein snaw on the muntain peaks in winter. The main soorce o income is agricultur, 96 km2 (37 sq mi) o the land (sma glens an plateaus in the muntains) is cultivatit wi olives, tobacco, vegetables, grains an ither craps, the remainder is wid an muntain. The muntainsides is covert wi pine, sandalwood an rochle aik, or else busses includin bay, thyme an oleander. Ainimals, inspecially gaits, is grazed on the hillsides.
Yayladağı haes a mairch crossin intae Sirie, an the veelage o Topraktutan, Turkey's soothmaist pynt. The state road D.825 (European route E91) connects the mairch checkpynt wi Antakya.
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