Kumluca | |
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 Map showing Kumluca District in Antalya Province | |
  Kumluca Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates:36°22′N30°17′E / 36.367°N 30.283°E /36.367; 30.283 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Antalya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mesut Avcıoğlu (DP) |
Area | 1,225 km2 (473 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 73,496 |
| • Density | 60.00/km2 (155.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 07350 |
| Area code | 0242 |
| Website | www |
Kumluca is a municipality anddistrict ofAntalya Province,Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,225 km2,[3] and its population is 73,496 (2022).[1] It lies on theMediterranean coast, and is part of theTurkish Riviera. Kumluca is located 90 km (56 mi) west of the city ofAntalya, on the Teke Peninsula, (between the bays of Antalya andFethiye). Its neighbour towns areKorkuteli,Elmalı,Finike,Kemer andAntalya
The town of Kumluca, formerly the village of Sarıkavak, is named for its sandy soil (kum meaning sand in Turkish), good for growing watermelons.
The centre of the district is a plain pointing north from the Mediterranean coast and surrounded by mountains on three sides. The northern part of the district is hilly and mountainous. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool and wet as one would expect in a Mediterranean district. The coast never gets snow, though it snows in 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. Kumluca is a wealthy district.
There are 41neighbourhoods in Kumluca District:[4]
In the last years of theSeljuqs of Rum, silver coins were minted in the town. Between 1282 and 1302, the town struckdirhams underKaykhusraw III,Kayqubad III, andMesud II with the mint nameSarıkavak (Arabic:ساروقواق, Sārūqawāq)[5]
Archaeologists have found ashipwreck dating back to the 15th-16th B.C 50 meters away from the coast of Kumluca district in early April in 2019. Archaeologist Hakan Öniz has published an article about this research in the journalPalestine Exploration Quarterly. He announced that a newBronze Age shipwreck had been discovered in the same coast where theGelidoniya andUluburun shipwrecks were found and this finding belongs to earlier times than both of them.[6][7]
The district has a population of 73,496 (2022).[1] The town itself has 42,861 inhabitants.[8]
There are a number of important historical sites in the district of Kumluca includingOlympos,Kitanaura,Korydalla,Rhodiapolis,Idebessos andGagai; 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 ofAdrasan and Olympos, and holiday villages near the town ofMavikent. West of Mavikent there is less development but taken as a whole Kumluca is one of the fastest growing local economies in Turkey.
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