Pozantı

Coordinates: 37°25′40″N 34°52′16″E / 37.42778°N 34.87111°E / 37.42778; 34.87111
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Pozantı
District and municipality
Map showing Pozantı District in Adana Province
Map showing Pozantı District in Adana Province
Pozantı is located in Turkey
Pozantı
Pozantı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°25′40″N 34°52′16″E / 37.42778°N 34.87111°E / 37.42778; 34.87111
CountryTurkey
ProvinceAdana
Government
 • MayorMustafa Çay (MHP)
Area
899 km2 (347 sq mi)
Elevation
780 m (2,560 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
19,852
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0322
Websitewww.pozanti.bel.tr

Pozantı (

Arabic: الْبَدَندُون, romanized: el-Bedendûn) is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 899 km2,[3] and its population is 19,852 (2022).[1] The town is in the highlands of Çukurova, and is a major gateway to the Mediterranean coasts. Pozantı stands in the foothills, at the bottom of one of the few passes through the mountains. The mayor is Mustafa Çay (MHP
).

History

Pozantı has had a number of names. In antiquity it was Pendonsis or Pendosis, to the Arabs El Bedendum, and finally Bozantı and Pozantı in Turkish.

Standing at the entrance to a pass across the

Mamluks, before finally being brought under Ottoman control by Selim I
in 1517.

Pozantı is windy and bleak, and for most of its history was a fort and a road-house, but more people began to live in the area permanently when a railway was built in 1917. However, passing trade on the road is still a major driver of the local economy.

Pozantı was briefly occupied by French forces at the end of World War I.

Composition

There are 21

neighbourhoods in Pozantı District:[4]

Transportation

railway station of Pozantı, served by three main line services, connecting Pozantı to Adana, Niğde, Kayseri, Ankara and Karaman
.

As the gateway to Çukurova, Pozantı is a stopping point for several coach companies that operate routes from Central Anatolia to Çukurova and further east.

Landmarks

The only historical building in the city center is the mosque and fountain of Ottoman general

Cemal Paşa
, built in 1919 and since repaired and extended. At the entrance to the pass are the old and new castles of Anhşa.

The Casemates of İbrahim Pasha, the remains of a 19th-century fort, are located on the hill named Tekir, next to the modern highway D.750. The ruins of the Byzantine town of Fenese lay near the village of Aşçıbekirli. More ruins have been found near the village of Kamışlı in the high meadows (yayla) of Ören and Asar.

See also

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Karaisalı-Pozantı.
  1. ^
    TÜİK
    . Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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