Köyceğiz is a municipality and

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Muğla Province Muğla Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's southwestern corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1 ...

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. Its area is 1,329 km², and its population is 39,242 (2022). The town of Köyceğiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name (

Lake Köyceğiz Lake Köyceğiz is an alluvial set lake in the Muğla Province of Turkey. Having an area of 5200 hectares, it is one of the vastest coastal lakes in the country. It bears the name of the town of Köyceğiz, situated on its north bank. It is conn ...

) which is joined to the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...

by a natural channel called Dalyan Delta. Its unique environment is being preserved as a nature and wildlife sanctuary, the

Köyceğiz-Dalyan Special Environmental Protection Area The Köyceğiz-Dalyan Special Environmental Protection Area is a protected natural reserve in the Turkish province of Muğla Province, Muğla. In June 1988 it was determined and declared the first protected area of its kind (''Özel Çevre Koruma ...

. A road shaded with trees leads to the township that carries the same name as the river,

Dalyan Dalyan is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Ortaca, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,829 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is located between Marmaris and Fethiye on the south- ...

, which is situated on the inland waterway and is administratively a part of the neighboring district of

Ortaca Ortaca () is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 285 km2, and its population is 54,478 (2022). Formerly a township part of Köyceğiz district, it was made into a separate district in 1987. Ortaca's economy i ...

. Dalyan is highly popular with visitors and its maze of channels can be explored by boat. The restaurants which line the waterways specialize in fresh fish. High on the cliff face, at a bend in the river, above the ancient harbor city of

Caunos Kaunos ( Carian: ''Kbid'';. Translator Chris Markham. Lycian: ''Xbide''; Ancient Greek: ; ) was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey. The Calbys river (now know ...

, tombs were carved into the rocks. The Dalyan Delta, with a long, golden sandy beach at its mouth, is a nature conservation area and a refuge for rare

loggerhead turtle The loggerhead sea turtle (''Caretta caretta'') is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around in carapace length when ful ...

s (''Caretta caretta'') and blue crabs.

Composition

There are 25

neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in Köyceğiz District: * Akköprü * Balcılar * Beyobası * Çandır * Çayhisar *

Döğüşbelen Döğüşbelen is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Köyceğiz, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,508 (2022). Geography Döğüşbelen is at the west of Köyceğiz Lake and considered as the boundary between the geogra ...

* Ekincik * Gelişim * Gülpınar * Hamitköy * Karaçam * Kavakarası * Köyceğiz * Otmanlar * Pınar * Sazak * Sultaniye * Toparlar *

Ulucami This is a list of Turkish Grand Mosques or ''Ulucami'', a title originally given to the grandest Friday mosque of a Turkish city where local citizens traditionally gathered en masse for Jumu'ah, Friday Prayers, though today it is common for Muslim ...

* Yangı * Yayla * Yeni * Yeşilköy * Zaferler * Zeytinalanı

Climate

Köyceğiz has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...

: ''Csa''), with very hot, dry summers, and mild, rainy winters.

Education

There are two kindergartens, 21 primary schools, 16 secondary schools, eight high schools, one public education center, one science and art center, and one teacher's house and art school affiliated with Ministry of National Education in the district.

References

External links

District municipality's official website

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