Konyaaltı is a municipality and
district
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of
Antalya Province
Antalya Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. It is located on the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taur ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 546 km
2, and its population is 204,795 (2022).
The name "Konyaaltı" (pronounced ), originates from the expression of "koy altı", which in the
Turkish language
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means "the bay under the cliffs" . The district is situated beneath the cliffs of
Antalya
Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...
, and extends miles toward the west towards the mountains, with various kinds of beaches including sand and
shingle. The water is a little cooler compared to other beaches in Antalya because of an underground creek flowing to the sea. There are modern underground facilities for aesthetic reasons. Transport is easy by means of buses. Destinations are reachable by foot as well but might be time-consuming. The area was started to be developed in the 80s and wasn't historically a part of Antalya's city center. The area originally was a rural/pastoral area and neighborhoods that are currently a part of it were originally villages such as
Arapsuyu or
Uncali. Until the 80s most of the area was mainly empty and villages had agricultural areas where they grew crops and grazed sheep. There are also many
streams
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in the area which dried up when the area was urbanized. The area also has an ancient city named
Olbia
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.
Composition
There are 39
neighbourhoods
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in Konyaaltı District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
* Akdamlar
* Akkuyu
* Altınkum
* Arapsuyu
* Aşağıkaraman
* Aydınlık
* Bahtılı
* Çağlarca
* Çakırlar
* Çitdibi
* Demircilik
* Doyran
* Doyran Çamlıbel
* Doyran DaÄŸ
* Geyikbayırı
* Gökçam
* Gökdere
* Gürsu
* Hacısekililer
* Hisarçandır
* Hurma
* Karatepe
Karatepe ( Turkish, 'Black Hill'; Hittite: ''Azatiwataya'') is a late Hittite fortress and open-air museum in Osmaniye Province in southern Turkey lying at a distance of about 23 km from the district center of Kadirli. It is sited in the T ...
* Kırlı
* Kuruçay
* Kuşkavağı
* Liman
* Mollayusuf
* Öğretmenevleri
* Pınarbaşı
* Sarısu
* Siteler
* Suiçeceği
* Toros
* Üçoluk
* Uluç
* Uncalı
* Yarbaşçandır
* Yenimahalle
* Zümrüt
References
External links
Konyaaltı Municipality
Turkish Riviera
Antalya
Populated places in Antalya Province
Districts of Antalya Province
Beaches of Turkey
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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