Akarca
Akarca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 581. It is situated in the Taurus Mountains. Its distance to Mersin is 36 kilometres. In the vicinity of the village is a chromium mining site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 581 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Mezitli, Mersin, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Akarca, Mersin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kuzucubelen Castle.
Kuzucubelen Castle
Castle
Kuzucubelen Castle is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. At it is in Mezitli ilçe of Mersin Province. Its distance to Mersin is 34 kilometres It is situated to the west of the village with the same name. Kuzucubelen Castle is situated 3½ km southeast of Akarca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Doğançay and Uzunkaş.
Doğançay
Village
Doğançay is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 148. It is situated in the Taurus Mountains.
Uzunkaş
Village
Photo: Cashlee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uzunkaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 295. The village is 22 kilometres north west of Mersin city center. Uzunkaş is situated 3½ km east of Akarca.
Kuzucubelen
Village
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kuzucubelen is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 517. It is situated in the Toros Mountains, 28 kilometres away from Mersin. Kuzucubelen is situated 4 km southeast of Akarca.
Akarca
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Mezitli İlçesi, Mersin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.86992° or 36° 52′ 12″ northLongitude
34.41319° or 34° 24′ 48″ eastPopulation
581Elevation
809 metres (2,654 feet)Open location code
8G8PVC97+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1490570183OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
325038Wikidata ID
Q4700291
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Akarca” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Akarca”
- Chechen: “Акарджа”
- Dutch: “Akarca”
- German: “Akarca”
- Irish: “Akarca”
- Malay: “Akarca, Mersin”
- Malay: “Akarca”
- Persian: “آکارجا، مرسین”
- Persian: “اکاراسا، مرسین”
- Tatar: “Акарҗа”
- Turkish: “Akarca, Mezitli”
- Turkish: “Akarca”
- Uzbek: “Akarja”
- Vietnamese: “Akarca, Mezitli”
- Vietnamese: “Akarca”
- “Akarca”
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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 “Akarca”. Photo: Zcebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0.