Uzuncaburç
Uzuncaburç is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 878. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 878 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Silifke, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Diocaisareia” and “Uzuncaburc”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olba Aqueduct.
Olba Aqueduct
Aqueduct
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olba Aqueduct is a ruined Roman aqueduct in Mersin Province, southern Turkey. The aqueduct is in Silifke ilçe of Mersin Province at. It is about 4 kilometres east of the sacred place of Diokaesareia and close to the capital of Olba Kingdom. Olba Aqueduct is situated 4 km east of Uzuncaburç.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yeğenli and Çaltıbozkır.
Yeğenli
Village
Yeğenli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 484. The village is situated in the peneplane area of the Taurus Mountains. Yeğenli is situated 7 km east of Uzuncaburç.
Çaltıbozkır
Village
Çaltıbozkır is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population was 821 in 2022. It is situated in the forests of the Taurus Mountains. Çaltıbozkır is situated 8 km south of Uzuncaburç.
Keşlitürkmenli
Village
Keşlitürkmenli is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 327. It is situated in the Taurus Mountains. Keşlitürkmenli is situated 8 km southeast of Uzuncaburç.
Uzuncaburç
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.58441° or 36° 35′ 4″ northLongitude
33.92651° or 33° 55′ 35″ eastPopulation
878Elevation
1,203 metres (3,947 feet)Open location code
8G8MHWMG+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1166442045OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
302406Wikidata ID
Q10832225
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Uzuncaburç” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Узунджабурч”
- Dutch: “Uzuncaburç”
- German: “Uzuncaburç”
- Irish: “Uzuncaburç”
- Tatar: “Узунҗабурч”
- Turkish: “Recepli”
- Turkish: “Uzuncaburç, Silifke”
- Turkish: “Uzuncaburç”
- Vietnamese: “Uzuncaburç, Silifke”
- Vietnamese: “Uzuncaburç”
- “Uzuncaburç”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Uzuncaburç”. Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.