Adana [2] , or Adana [3] ( Turkish Adana ) is the administrative center of the Adana region , on the Seyhan River (ancient Sarus), 50 km from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. A large industrial center, developed textile, chemical and food industries. There is a subway .
| City | |
| Adana | |
|---|---|
| tour. Adana | |
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| A country |  Turkey |
| Silt | Adana |
| History and Geography | |
| Area | |
| Center height | 23 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1,760,787 people |
| Katoykonim | Adanese, Adanese [1] |
| Official language | Turkish |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +90 322 |
| Postcode | |
| Car code | 01 |
| adana.bel.tr (tour.) | |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Administrative divisions
- 3 Climate
- 4 population
- 4.1 Famous people
- 5 Twin Cities
- 6 See also
- 7 notes
- 8 Literature
- 9 References
History
The city at different times belonged to different civilizations and empires. Including Greater Armenia , Roman , Byzantine , Ottoman empires , Cilician Armenian kingdom .
In the 1080s, the city was conquered by the Seljuk Turks , in the 1140s it was returned to Byzantium, after 4 decades it was lost. Then, until the 14th century, it became part of the Cilician Armenian kingdom . Since the beginning of the XVI century - under the rule of Turkey.
There were about 24 thousand inhabitants at the end of the 19th century , mainly Armenians , as well as Greeks and Turks , the city itself was of strategic importance as a key to the Taurus passages; being on the way between Syria and Asia Minor and was then conducting significant trade, which was facilitated by the depth of the river, along which loaded ships approached the city itself.
Administrative division
Currently, the following areas of Adan silt are included in the city of Adana : Dzhukurova , Karaysaly , Sarycham , Seyhan , Yuregir .
Climate
Adana has a typical Mediterranean climate. Summer is hot, with occasional rainfall, winters are mild and rainy. In winter, from time to time there are frosts and sometimes snowfalls.
| Climate Adana | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | 14.7 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 23.5 | 28,2 | 31.7 | 33.8 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 29.0 | 22.5 | 16.7 | 25,2 |
| Average minimum ° C | 5,0 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 15,5 | 19,4 | 22.5 | 22.9 | 19.7 | 15.4 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 13.6 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 110.3 | 90.1 | 65.6 | 52.7 | 46.6 | 21.6 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 15,2 | 43.7 | 73.1 | 120.9 | 650.9 |
| Source: worldweather.org | |||||||||||||
Population
By the beginning of the 20th century, the population of the province of Adana was 490,000 people, 205,000 (41.8%) of whom were Armenians and 78,000 (15.9%) were Turks . The center of the Adan diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church was located here . In 1909, the Turkish authorities carried out pogroms of the Armenian population . After the end of World War I , when the French captured Cilicia, part of the Armenians returned to the city and surrounding villages. On August 4, 1920, under the leadership of M. Tamatyan, the formal independence of Armenian Cilicia was proclaimed. After the transfer by the French military of power in Adana to Kemalist Turkey, most of the Armenian population was forced to emigrate to neighboring countries - Syria , Lebanon , Greece and others [4] .
| Nationality | 1912 [4] | % |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 490.000 | 100.00% |
| Armenians | 205.000 | 41.8% |
| Turks | 78,000 | 15.9% |
| Kurds | 58.000 | 11.8% |
| Greeks | 40,000 | 8.2% |
| Arabs | 30,000 | 6.1% |
| Assyrians | 20,000 | 4.1% |
| Circassians | 15,000 | 3.1% |
| Yezidis | 12.000 | 2.4% |
| other | 32.000 | 6.5% |
| Religious composition | 1912 [4] | % |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 490.000 | 100.00% |
| Christians | 270,000 | 55.1% |
| Muslims | 205.000 | 41.8% |
| other | 15,000 | 3% |
Famous People
Kokalari was born here, Musina (1917-1983) - an Albanian writer and political activist.
- Terzyan, Hakob (1879-1915) - Armenian writer.
Twin Cities
- Shymkent ( Kazakhstan )
See also
- Adana Metro
- Cilician massacre of 1909
- Adana Conference
- Diocese of Adana
- Taurus Express
- Roman bridge (Adana)
Notes
- ↑ Gorodetskaya I.L., Levashov E.A. Russian names of inhabitants: Dictionary-reference book . - M .: AST , 2003 .-- S. 21. - 363 p. - ISBN 5-17-016914-0 .
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Additional .. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - P. 13. - 592 p. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ Adana - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Adana on the website of Genocid.ru
Literature
- Adana / A.I. Voropaev // A - Questioning. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 209. - ( Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 1). - ISBN 5-85270-329-X .
Links
- adana.bel.tr (tour.) - Adana official site