Defne is a new intracity district and second-level municipality in

Hatay Province Hatay Province ( tr, Hatay ili, ) is the southernmost province of Turkey. It is situated almost entirely outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of A ...

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. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750,000 were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also created new

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within the capital city which have second-level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality. Official gazette
/ref> Defne is one of them. Thus after 2014 the present

Hatay Hatay Province ( tr, Hatay ili, ) is the southernmost province of Turkey. It is situated almost entirely outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of ...

central district was split into two. A part was named ''Defne'' and the name Hatay was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (''Defne'' means '' laurus'' which is one of the agricultural products of Hatay Province; it is also related to the ancient suburb of Antioch, Daphne.)

Rural area

There were 9 towns and 24 villages in the rural area of Defne district. Their official status has since become "neighborhood of Defne".

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{{coord, 36.1997, N, 36.1542, E, source:wikidata, display=title Districts of Hatay Province

Rural area

See also

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