Mezitli, Mersin Province, Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye

Geography | History | Living | Rural area

🇹🇷 Mezitli is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of 30 metropolitan centres in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in Mersin there are four second-level municipalities in addition to Greater Mersin (büyükşehir) municipality. The Mayor of Mezitli is Neşet Tarhan.

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Geography Mezitli composes the western part of Mersin proper. Southern quarters of Mezitli are popularly known as Viranşehir ("ruined city") because of the ruins. (see below) Yenişehir, another municipality of Mersin, is to the east of Mezitli, Mediterranean Sea is in the south and Toros Mountains in the north. In the west of Mezitli there are summer houses and coastal villages most of which are specialized in citrus industry. Mezitli River (Liparis of the antiquity) flows within Mezitli.

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History The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Soli, which was renamed by Roman general Pompey as Pompeipolis (Πομπηιόπολη) is within Mezitli. Soli was the dominion of Rhodes, Persian Empire (Achaemenids), Macedonian Empire, Seleucid Empire, Roman Empire and its successor Byzantine Empire. But after the great earthquake in 528, the city lost its former glory. In later years, the ruins of the city was a part of Umayyad Caliphate, Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, Crusades, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Ramadanids, and Ottoman Empire. In the early 20th century, there was only a small village just north of Soli, named after "Mezitoğlu", an Oghuz tribe. The town municipality was established in 1968. But after the fast growth in population, the district of Mezitli is established within Greater Mersin and the municipality became one of Mersin intracity municipalities in 2008.

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Living Mezitli is known as a district of middle class residences. Most of Mezitli citizens are either retired or active working people. (Most of business offices are in the other municipalities of Mersin.)

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Rural area There are 15 villages and two towns in the rural area of Mezitli.

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Mersin City, Turkey 
Mersin City, Turkey
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Mezitli has a population of over 218,816 people. Mezitli also forms part of the wider Mersin Province which has a population of over 1,868,757 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Mezitli has links with:

🇨🇾 Agios Epiktitos, Cyprus 🇩🇪 Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Germany
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Antipodal to Mezitli is: -145.473,-36.747

Locations Near: Mezitli 34.5275,36.7472

🇹🇷 Mersin 34.633,36.8 d: 11.1  

🇹🇷 Erdemli 34.31,36.606 d: 25  

🇹🇷 Tarsus 34.895,36.917 d: 37.7  

🇹🇷 Merkez 34.15,36.467 d: 45.9  

🇹🇷 Adana 35.317,37 d: 75.6  

🇹🇷 Artvin 34.75,37.833 d: 122.4  

🇹🇷 Niğde 34.667,37.967 d: 136.2  

🇹🇷 Ceyhan 35.8,37.017 d: 117.1  

🇹🇷 İskenderun 36.174,36.587 d: 147.9  

🇹🇷 Aksaray 34.017,38.367 d: 185.6  

Antipodal to: Mezitli -145.473,-36.747

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17841.6  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16661.7  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16480.7  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16368.6  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13655  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13522  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13502.9  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13502.6  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13501.9  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13431.1  

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