Place:Mersin, Turkey

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NameMersin
Alt namesIcel Ilisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Icel Vilayetisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
İçelsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VI, 233; NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
İçel provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Mersinsource: Wikipedia
Mersinasource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Mersinesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Seleuciasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VI, 233
Seleukeiasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VI, 233
TypeProvince
Coordinates36.75°N 34.0°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoAkdeṅiz kıiyıisıi,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Korykos
Kıizkaleṡi
Soloi
Inhabited place
Anamur
Aydıincıik
Buyukeceli
Camliyayla
Dossene
Erdeml̇i
Gözne
Gülnar
Icel
Kazanli
Kuzucubelen
Kıirbosıi
Mut
Silifke
Tarsus
Tasucu
Tomuk
Uzuncaburç ( 72 - )
Uĝura
Yenice
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Mersin Province, formerly İçel Province, is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir metropolitan municipalities, followed by Tarsus, the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. The province is considered to be a part of the geographical, economical and cultural region of Çukurova, which covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay.

The capital of the province is the city of Mersin

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