Mersin
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/19219
- Note
- "Mersin (pronounced [ˈmæɾsin]) is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is part of an interurban agglomeration, the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, and lies on the western part of Çukurova, a geographical, economic and cultural region. The city was named after the aromatic plant Myrsine (Greek: Μυρσίνη) in the family Primulaceae, a myrtle that grows in abundance in the area (Turkish: mersin); the 17th-century traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote that there was also a clan named Mersinoğulları.
Mersin is an important hub of Turkey´s economy, and Turkey´s largest seaport is located in the city. Mersin´s nickname in Turkey is "Pearl of the Mediterranean" (Turkish: Akdeniz´in İncisi), and the city hosted the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Mersin is the provincial capital of the eponymous Mersin Province of Turkey." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.09.2020) - Latitude
- 36.799999237061
- Longitude
- 34.616664886475
- Inhabitants
- 537,842
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