Cilicia

Cilicia
قيليقية
Կիլիկիա
Κιλικία
Kilikya
Geographical region
Cilicia in the Roman Empire
Coordinates: 36°59′06″N 35°07′12″E / 36.985°N 35.120°E / 36.985; 35.120
CountryTurkey
Largest cityAdana
ProvincesMersin, Adana, Osmaniye, Hatay
Area
 • Total
38,585.16 km2 (14,897.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
6,435,986
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cilician(s) (English)
Kilikyalı (Turkish)
Կիլիկյան (Armenian)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code prefixes
33xxx, 01xxx, 80xxx, 31xxx
Area codes324, 322, 328, 326
GRP (nominal)$43.14 billion (2018)[2]
GRP per capita$6,982 (2018)[2]
LanguagesTurkish, Arabic, Kurmanji, Armenian

Cilicia (/sɪˈlɪʃə/)[3][note 1] is a geographical region of southern Anatolia in West Asia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia borders Pamphylia to the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia the north, Commagene to the north-east, Syria to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (Turkish: Çukurova). The region includes the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay.

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  2. ^ a b "81 ilin 2018 yılı GSYH ve büyüme karnesi". Dünya. 25 December 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Cilicia". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Retrieved 6 April 2014.; "Cilicia". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.


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