Aksu is a municipality and

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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 ...

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. Its area is 406 km², and its population is 77,623 (2022).

Geography

Aksu is situated on the Turkish state highway D.400 which connects

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 ...

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

. It is almost merged to Antalya, the province center and in fact it is included in Greater Antalya. The distance to Antalya central town is about .

Composition

There are 35

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in Aksu District: * Alaylı * Altıntaş * Atatürk * Barbaros * Boztepe * Çalkaya * Çamköy * Cihadiye * Cumhuriyet * Dumanlar * Fatih * Fettahlı * Gökdere * Güloluk * Güzelyurt * Hacıaliler * İhsaniye * Karaçallı * Karaöz * Kayadibi * Kemerağzı * Konak * Kumköy * Kundu * Kurşunlu * Macun * Mandırlar * Murtuna * Pınarlı * Soğucaksu * Solak * Topallı * Yenidumanlar * Yeşilkaraman * Yurtpınar

History

The area around Aksu was a part of

Pamphylia Pamphylia (; , ''Pamphylía'' ) was a region in the south of Anatolia, Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). It was bounded on the ...

of the antiquity. Ancient city of

Perga Perga or Perge ( Hittite: ''Parha'', ''Perge'', ) was originally an ancient Lycian settlement that later became a Greek city in Pamphylia. It was the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda, now located in Antalya Province on the ...

is within Aksu district. Later the area around Aksu became a part of

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...

Anatolian beyliks Anatolian beyliks (, Ottoman Turkish: ''Tavâif-i mülûk'', ''Beylik''; ) were Turkish principalities (or petty kingdoms) in Anatolia governed by ''beys'', the first of which were founded at the end of the 11th century. A second and more exte ...

, and the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. During the Turkish republic era, there were five nearby villages Aksu and Çalkaya being the most important ones. Between 1977 and 1994 these villages were declared townships and finally in 1999 they were merged to form the district of Aksu.

Economy

The main economic activity and industry of Aksu is intensive agriculture. Various vegetables and fruits are produced. Tourism also plays a role in the district's economy. Perga and Kurşunlu Waterfall are important tourist attractions.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Antalya Province Districts of Antalya Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey