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Akyaka, Muğla
Akyaka is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Ula, Muğla, Ula, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,147 (2022). Before the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). The town is situated at the far end of the Gulf of Gökova, at the start of the fertile Gökova plain, and is a rising center for international tourism. It is the first coastal town encountered on the busy road from the province center of Muğla to the resort center of Marmaris. Nearby Sakar Pass is a paragliding spot where the road descends from an altitude of 670m to sea-level in the space of a pine-clad section of a dozen kilometers along very sharp curves. At the base of the hill is the intersection to Akyaka. The township of Akyaka is sometimes referred to as Gökova, after the name of the gulf and the plain, while there is also an inland township of Gökova Town, Muğla, Turkey, Gökova neighbouring Akyaka, itself of visitor's interest ...
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Ula, Muğla
Ula is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 479 km2, and its population is 26,613 (2022). Its name reflects the ancient town of Ula (Caria), Ula in ancient Caria, whose site is conjectured to be nearby. The town of Ula is situated at a distance of only from the province seat of Muğla, a mile after a bifurcation on the road to Marmaris. It is notable for its old houses in the Turkish style and the vast forest region that extends to the south along the country road called Çiçekli after the town. The history of the inhabitants and the town, situated in ancient Caria, can be traced at least as far back as the dynasty of Menteşe (beylik), Menteşe. The towns of Akyaka, Ula, Akyaka and Gökova, situated at a close distance to each other at the tip of the Gulf of Gökova, are both rising centers of international tourism. Composition There are 25 mahalle, neighbourhoods in Ula District: * Akçapınar * Akyaka, Ula, Akyaka * ...
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