Hebilli is a village in
Akdeniz
Akdeniz is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of the 30 Metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in Mersin there are four second-level municipalities ...
district of
Mersin Province,
Turkey. (Akdeniz district center is a part of Greater
Mersin
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...
). It is situated to the north of Çukurova Motorway in
Çukurova
Çukurova () or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Turkey. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Osman ...
(Cilicia) plains. The distance to Mersin is . The population of the village was 526 as of 2012.
The population of the village is largely composed of descendants of Turkish refugees from the island of
Crete (now part of
Greece) during the last years of the 19th century. There is an Arabic castle ruin in the village built in the medieval age. (see
Hebilli Castle
Hebilli Castle is a ruined castle in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Location
The castle ruin is situated in Hebilli village which is now a suburb of Mersin
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Medi ...
) Main economic activity of the village is citrus farming.
Climate
The climate in Hebilli is warm and temperate. There is more rainfall in the winter than in the summer in Hebilli. The climate is classified as Csa by the Köppen-Geiger system. The average annual temperature is 18.3 °C in Hebilli. The warmest temperatures falling in August, averaging 27.4 °C, whereas the coldest moth is January, with temperatures averaging 9.3 °C. Precipitation averages 699 mm.
References
Villages in Akdeniz District
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