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Hatay Province

Not to be confused with Hà Tây province in Vietnam.
"Hatay" redirects here. For other uses, see Hatay (disambiguation).
For the political entity that existed from 1938-1939, see Hatay State.
Hatay Province
Hatay ili
Province and metropolitan municipality
St. Paul's Church, Antakya
St. Paul's Church, Antakya
Official logo of Hatay Province
Logo
Location of the province within Turkey
Location of the province within Turkey
CountryTurkey
SeatAntakya
Government
 • MayorMehmet Öntürk (AK Party)
 • ValiMustafa Masatlı
Area
5,524 km2 (2,133 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,686,043
 • Density310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0326
Websitewww.hatay.bel.tr
www.hatay.gov.tr

Hatay Province (Turkish: Hatay ili, pronounced [ˈhataj], Arabic: محافظة حطاي, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥaṭāy) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey.[2] Its area is 5,524 km2,[3] and its population is 1,686,043 (2022).[1] It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of Adana to the northwest, Osmaniye to the north, and Gaziantep to the northeast. It is partially in Çukurova, a large fertile plain along Cilicia. Its administrative capital is Antakya (ancient Antioch), making it one of the three Turkish provinces not named after its administrative capital or any settlement.[4] The second-largest city is İskenderun (formerly Alexandretta). Sovereignty over most of the province remains disputed with neighbouring Syria, which claims that the province had a demographic Arab majority, and was separated from itself against the stipulations of the French Mandate of Syria in the years following Syria's occupation by France after World War I.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Karagiannis, Emmanuel (2013-10-18). Energy and Security in the Caucasus. Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-134-54742-5. In the southernmost corner of Turkey, near Ceyhan, lies the province of Hatay, a pocket of land bounded to the west by the Mediterranean and to the south and east by Syria.
  3. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ Bağırsakçı, Semir. "Antakya'nın Adı "Hatay" mıdır?". İskenderun Gazetesi. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. ^ Darke, Diana (24 January 2018). "How historical Afrin became a prize worth a war". www.bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

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