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Hatay Province
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 Location of the province within Turkey | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Seat | Antakya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Öntürk (AK Party) |
| • Vali | Mustafa Masatlı |
Area | 5,524 km2 (2,133 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,686,043 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0326 |
| Website | www www |
Hatay Province (Turkish: Hatay ili, pronounced [ˈhataj], Arabic: محافظة حطاي, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥaṭāy) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey.[2] Its area is 5,524 km2 (2,133 sq mi),[3] and its population is 1,686,043 (2022).[1] It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of Adana to the northwest, Osmaniye to the north, and Gaziantep to the northeast. It is partially situated on the Cilician Plain, a large fertile plain along the Cilicia region. Its administrative capital is Antakya (ancient Antioch), making it one of the three Turkish provinces not named after its administrative capital or any settlement.[4] The second-largest city is İskenderun (formerly Alexandretta). Sovereignty over most of the province was disputed with neighbouring Syria, which claimed that the province had a demographic Arab majority, and has separated from its territory in violation of the terms of the French Mandate for Syria that was established on the heels of World War I.[5] The claim was given up after the fall of the Assad regime.[citation needed]
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31st December, 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Karagiannis, Emmanuel (2013-10-18). Energy and Security in the Caucasus. Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-134-54742-5.
In the southernmost corner of Turkey, near Ceyhan, lies the province of Hatay, a pocket of land bounded to the west by the Mediterranean and to the south and east by Syria.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Bağırsakçı, Semir (22 January 2013). "Antakya'nın Adı "Hatay" mıdır?". İskenderun Gazetesi. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Darke, Diana (24 January 2018). "How historical Afrin became a prize worth a war". www.bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2020.