Cilicia

Cilicia
قيليقية
Կիլիկիա
Κιλικία
Kilikya
Geographical region
Cilicia in the Roman Empire
Cilicia in the Roman Empire
Coordinates: 36°59′06″N 35°07′12″E / 36.985°N 35.120°E / 36.985; 35.120
CountryTurkey
Largest cityAdana
ProvincesMersin, Adana, Osmaniye, Hatay
Area
 • Total
38,585.16 km2 (14,897.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
6,435,986
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cilician(s) (English)
Kilikyalı (Turkish)
Կիլիկյան (Armenian)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code prefixes
33xxx, 01xxx, 80xxx, 31xxx
Area code(s)324, 322, 328, 326
GRP (nominal)$43.14 billion (2018)[2]
GRP per capita$6,982 (2018)[2]
LanguagesTurkish, Arabic, Kurmanji, Armenian

Cilicia (/sɪˈlɪʃə/)[3][note 1] is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (Turkish: Çukurova). The region includes the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, Kilis and Hatay.

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  2. ^ a b "81 ilin 2018 yılı GSYH ve büyüme karnesi". Dünya. 25 December 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Cilicia". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Retrieved 6 April 2014.; "Cilicia". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.


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