Gazipaşa

Gazipaşa
Gazipaşa
District and municipality
	Map showing Gazipaşa District in Antalya Province
	Gazipaşa Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 36°16′22″N 32°18′47″E / 36.27278°N 32.31306°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Antalya
Government
• Mayor	Mehmet Ali Yılmaz (CHP)
Area	1,111 km2 (429 sq mi)
Population (2022)	53,702
• Density	48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	07900
Area code	0242
Website	www.gazipasa.bel.tr

Gazipaşa (Turkish pronunciation:

Mediterranean coast, 180 km east of the city of Antalya. Gazipaşa is a quiet rural district famous for its bananas and oranges. Gazipaşa district is adjacent to Alanya to the northwest, Sarıveliler to the north, Anamur

to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.

Geography

The district of Gazipaşa stands on a narrow strip of coast between the Mediterranean Sea and the high Taurus Mountains rising steeply behind (highest point the 2253m "Deliktaş". Prehistoric animal remains (shelled sea animals) can be found at many locations in the mountains. Before these were the Taurus Mountains (Paleozoic Age) these peaks were below the sea. The coast road is winding Alanya, but good with four lanes in places making Gazipaşa easy to access from Antalya and Alanya. From Gazipaşa east the road is two lanes but in the process of being improved to four. It is 80 km to the next town Anamur which takes two hours to drive). The remote rocky hillsides are home to snakes, scorpions and other wildlife such as deer, rabbits, wild boar, wild sheep and badgers. There is 50 km of coastline, half of which is sandy beach and rocky stretches with small coves that can be used for swimming. The beaches of Gazipaşa are used as nesting grounds by loggerhead sea turtles. Construction is forbidden in these sea turtle areas.

The local economy depends on agriculture and the land of the coastal strip is used for growing fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits and bananas. The mountainous areas have many fruit orchards and in recent years a large number of glasshouses have been built to produce crops such as cucumbers, strawberries and artichokes all year round in both locations. Some grain is grown and there is also much animal husbandry animals in the summer these animals are grazed higher in the mountains. Gazipasa has a dam (Gökçeler Barajı). There is also some forestry and fishing but only small industry. Its current mayor is Mehmet Ali Yılmaz.

Gazipaşa has not experienced the tourist boom of neighbouring Alanya but there are now^[when?] efforts being made to attract tourists to the district by building a yacht marina and an international airport. Tourist attractions include some sites from antiquity, caves, beaches, the opportunity to appreciate the marvellous Taurus Mountain scenery with mountain walking or motor touring.

The

Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport, opened in 2010, serves the tourist economies of Alanya, Anamur and Yeşilöz

.

Climate

Finike has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),^[4]

with very hot, dry summers, and mild winters with heavy rain.

Climate data for Gazipaşa (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	16.1 (61.0)	16.5 (61.7)	18.5 (65.3)	21.4 (70.5)	25.3 (77.5)	29.6 (85.3)	32.4 (90.3)	32.8 (91.0)	30.5 (86.9)	27.1 (80.8)	22.1 (71.8)	17.8 (64.0)	24.2 (75.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	11.0 (51.8)	11.4 (52.5)	13.4 (56.1)	16.3 (61.3)	20.3 (68.5)	24.6 (76.3)	27.6 (81.7)	28.0 (82.4)	25.2 (77.4)	21.0 (69.8)	16.1 (61.0)	12.5 (54.5)	19.0 (66.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.1 (44.8)	7.1 (44.8)	8.6 (47.5)	11.2 (52.2)	15.1 (59.2)	19.1 (66.4)	22.2 (72.0)	22.8 (73.0)	19.8 (67.6)	15.7 (60.3)	11.4 (52.5)	8.6 (47.5)	14.1 (57.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	176.11 (6.93)	109.94 (4.33)	83.54 (3.29)	40.97 (1.61)	30.65 (1.21)	4.12 (0.16)	1.12 (0.04)	3.08 (0.12)	23.33 (0.92)	83.12 (3.27)	117.75 (4.64)	194.59 (7.66)	868.32 (34.19)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	11.4	8.8	7.2	4.4	3.3	2.0	1	1.2	2.3	5.1	6.5	11.0	64.2
Average relative humidity (%)	64.7	64.1	66.3	68.6	68.4	64.0	62.3	63.5	62.0	61.8	62.9	66.3	64.6
Source: NOAA^[5]

Composition

There are 53

neighbourhoods in Gazipaşa District:^[6]

History

This is a part of the world with a long history, and there is evidence of

Ancient Romans, and in the 2nd century AD the Emperor Trajan died here after falling ill while journeying along the Mediterranean coast. His body was taken by his successor Hadrian

for burial in Rome and for a period the town was named Traianapolis.

The later Roman Empire (

Mehmet II. The 17th century traveller Evliya Çelebi

records Selinti as a group of 26 villages, with a well-kept mosque on the seafront along with a jetty for boats to Cyprus, and green mountains behind.

Archaeological research continues and in 2004 a team from Florida State University found a small bronze statue of Pegasus dating back to 300 BC in the waters off Gazipaşa; it is now in the Museum of Alanya.

We can list the castles in Gazipaşa as

Lamos (Adanda), Nephelis and Antiochia ad Cragum

.