Ayaş
Ayaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,634. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.- Type: Suburb with 2,630 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Erdemli, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Ayas”, “Ayaş, Mersin”, “Ayash”, “Eleusia”, and “Yemişkumu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elaiussa Sebaste and Kanlıdivane.
Elaiussa Sebaste
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elaiussa Sebaste or Elaeousa Sebaste was an ancient Roman town located 55 km from Mersin in the direction of Silifke in Cilicia on the southern coast of Anatolia.
Kanlıdivane
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kanlıdivane is an ancient city situated around a big sinkhole in Mersin Province, Turkey. Kanlıdivane is situated 3 km north of Ayaş.
Kabaçam
Historic site
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kabaçam, a.k.a. Kabaşam, is an archaeological site of a historic settlement in Mersin Province, southern Turkey. Kabaçam is situated 3½ km northwest of Ayaş.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kızkalesi and Tırtar.
Kızkalesi
Village
Tırtar
Village
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tırtar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 2.733. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Tırtar is situated 6 km northeast of Ayaş.
Batısandal
Village
Batısandal is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 744. It is situated in the hilly region to the south of the Taurus Mountains. Batısandal is situated 7 km north of Ayaş.
Ayaş
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.49892° or 36° 29′ 56″ northLongitude
34.18554° or 34° 11′ 8″ eastPopulation
2,630Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8G8PF5XP+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2439645669OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
322847Wikidata ID
Q3816021
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Ayaş” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ayaş”
- Chechen: “Айаш (Эрдемли)”
- Chechen: “Айаш”
- Dutch: “Ayas (Mersin)”
- Dutch: “Ayaş”
- German: “Ayaş”
- Irish: “Ayaş”
- Russian: “Аяш”
- Tatar: “Аяш (Ердемли)”
- Tatar: “Аяш”
- Turkish: “Ayaş, Erdemli”
- Turkish: “Ayaş”
- Vietnamese: “Ayaş, Erdemli”
- Vietnamese: “Ayaş”
- “Ayaş”
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