Antalya is one of the largest cities in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province, the fifth most populous province in the country. Known as the capital of Turkish tourism and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast and draws millions of visitors each year to its beaches, ancient ruins and old harbor quarter, making tourism the backbone of its modern economy.
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PopulationProvince-wide metropolitan-municipality figure, 2024. Area (sq km)Province-wide metropolitan-municipality figure; Antalya city and Antalya Province share one boundary under the Turkish metropolitan municipality law, the same convention the predecessor cities lane used for Adana. Founding YearCirca; ancient Attaleia is traditionally credited to King Attalus II of Pergamon. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Connections
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1. Antalya (Wikipedia)
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20,591
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30
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The urban population of the city is around 1.5 million, with a provincial population of 2,722,103.
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2024
- Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (coord template 36|53|13|N, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
- Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (coord template 30|42|12|E, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
Wikipedia article body text, History section (Hellenistic and Roman period), opening paragraph
is looked on as founder of the city in about 150 BC, during the Hellenistic period
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- Wikidata Q6487, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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