Arsuz
Arsuz (kent as Uluçınar an aw) is a coastal toun in Hatay Province, Turkey
Arsuz Uluçınar | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
  Arsuz Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 36°25′N 35°53′E / 36.417°N 35.883°E | |
| Kintra |  Turkey |
| Province | Hatay Province |
| Destrict | İskenderun |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,317 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code(s) | 0326 |
Geography
eeditArsuz at 36°25′N 35°53′E / 36.417°N 35.883°E is a pairt o İskenderun destrict o Hatay Province. Distance tae İskenderun is 40 kilometre (25 mi) an tae Antakya (admeenistrative centre o Hatay Province) is 118 kilometre (73 mi). The population is 2317 [1] as o 2011.
History
eeditArsuz haed mony names throughoot the history lik Rhosus, Rhopolis, Port Panel, Kabev an Arsous . The earliest documents aboot Arsuz date back tae Seleucid Empire. Antakya (Antioch o the Antiquity) wis the caipital an Arsuz wis an important port. In 64 BC it wis annexed bi the Roman Empire an in 638 it wis incorporatit intae the Arabic Empire (Rashidun Caliphate). In 969 it wis captured bi Byzantine Empire an in 1084 bi Seljuk Turks. Later the toun wis annexed bi Crusades in 1099, bi Egyptian Mamluks in 1268 an bi Ottoman Turks in 1517.[2] Atween 1918 an 1938 the toun wis unner French Mandate for Sirie an Lebanon wi the rest o Iskenderun. In 1938 it wis a pairt o the independent Hatay Republic. On Juin 1939 Hatay legislative votit on disestablishin the Hatay State an joinin Turkey.
References
eedit- ↑ Statistical Institute page Archived 2014-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
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