Takbaş
Takbaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 828. It is situated in Çukurova. Çukurova Motorway is to the north and Turkish state highway D.400 is to the south of the village.- Type: Village with 828 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Tarsus, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Takbas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seven Sleepers Cave.
Seven Sleepers Cave
Cave
Photo: Avniyazici, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eshab-ı Kehf Cave, also known as Ashab-ı Kehf Cave or Seven Sleepers' Cave, is a show cave situated to the north of Tarsus, an ilçe in Mersin Province, Turkey. Seven Sleepers Cave is situated 3½ km west of Takbaş.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaleburcu and Sucular.
Kaleburcu
Village
Kaleburcu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,102. It is situated in the Çukurova plains to the south of Çukurova Motorway and to the north of Turkish state highway D.400.
Sucular
Village
Sucular is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 272. It is situated in Çukurova. Berdan Dam reservoir is to the east and the Turkish state highway D.400 is to the south of the village.
İncirlikuyu
Village
İncirlikuyu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 578. It is situated in Çukurova, to the south of Berdan Dam and to the north of Tarsus. İncirlikuyu is situated 3 km east of Takbaş.
Takbaş
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.9457° or 36° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
34.83576° or 34° 50′ 9″ eastPopulation
828Elevation
158 metres (518 feet)Open location code
8G8PWRWP+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 2642215782OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
299907Wikidata ID
Q10823742
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Takbaş” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Takbaş”
- Chechen: “Такбаш”
- Dimli (individual language): “Takbaş, Tarsus”
- Dimli (individual language): “Takbaş”
- Dutch: “Takbaş”
- German: “Takbaş”
- Irish: “Takbaş”
- Malay: “Takbaş”
- Tatar: “Такбаш”
- Turkish: “Takbaş, Tarsus”
- Turkish: “Takbaş”
- Uzbek: “Takbaş”
- Vietnamese: “Takbaş, Tarsus”
- Vietnamese: “Takbaş”
- “Takbaş”
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