Adana

Adana is a ceety in Turkey an a major agricultural an commercial center. The ceety is situatit on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland frae the Mediterranean Sea, in sooth-central Anatolie. It is the admeenistrative seat o the Adana Province an haes a population o nearly 1.6 million, makin it the fift maist populous ceety in Turkey.

Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Aurie, wi a population o 2.87 million, stretches ower 100 kilometres frae east tae wast an 25 kilometres frae north tae sooth; encompassin the ceeties o Mersin, Tarsus, Adana an Ceyhan. It is the fowert lairgest metropolitan aurie in Turkey an ane o the kintra's leadin centres o commerce an cultur.

Adana lies in the hert o Çukurova, a geographical, economical an cultural region that covers the provinces o Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye an Hatay. Hame tae 5.62 million fowk, the region is maistly a lairge stretch o flat, fertile land being amang the maist agriculturally productive auries o the warld.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Turkey

Twin touns — sister ceeties

Adana is twinned wi:

• Córdoba, Spain
• Beersheba, Israel^[1]
• Shymkent, Kazakhstan
• Famagusta, Cyprus
• Bremerhaven, Germany
• Skopje, Republic o Macedonie
• Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
• Livorno, Italy
• Ulan Bator, Mongolie

References

1. "International Relations of the City of Beersheba". Beersheba Municipality. Archived frae the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008. (in Ebreu)

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