Place:Antalya, Turkey

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NameAntalya
Alt namesAntalyasource: Wikipedia
Antalya Ilisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates37.0°N 31.0°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoAkdeṅiz kıiyıisıiremoved name of Region
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Asar Tepe
Karabucak
Letoon
Phaselis
General region
Antalya Ili
Inhabited place
Akcay
Akdam
Aksek̇i
Aksu
Alanya
Antalya
Arif
Asar Köyü
Aydıinkent
Belenli
Belkis
Beskonak
Bozova
Cev̇izl̇i
Dagbeli
Demre
Dosemealti
Elmalıi
Gazipaşa
Geḃiz
Geṙiş
Greater Antalya
Gündoğmuş
Günük
Güzelsu
Gŏdene
Kalkan
Kaş
Kemer
Kizilcadag
Korkutel̇i
Kumluca
Manavgat
Selimiye
Seṙik
Taşağıis
Zumrutkaya
Ḟiṅike
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Antalya Province is located on the Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.

Antalya Province is the centre of Turkey's tourism industry, attracting 30% of foreign tourists visiting Turkey. Its capital city of the same name was the world's third most visited city by number of international arrivals in 2011, displacing New York. Antalya is Turkey's biggest international sea resort. The province of Antalya corresponds to the lands of ancient Pamphylia to the east and Lycia to the west. It features a shoreline of with beaches, ports, and ancient cities scattered throughout, including the World Heritage Site Xanthos. The provincial capital is Antalya city with a population of 1,344,000.

Antalya is the fastest-growing province in Turkey; with a 4.17% yearly population growth rate between years 1990–2000, compared with the national rate of 1.83%. This growth is due to a fast rate of urbanization, particularly driven by tourism and other service sectors on the coast.

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