Hatay Province

Hatay Province (Turkis: Hatay ili, pronounced [ˈhataj]) is the soothmaist province o Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast. It is bordered bi the Sirie govrenorate o Latakia tae the sooth an east an the Turkis provinces o Adana an Osmaniye tae the north. The province is pairt o Çukurova, a geographical, economical an cultural region that covers the provinces o Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, an Hatay. The admeenistrative caipital is Antakya (Antioch), while the lairgest ceety in the province is the port ceety o İskenderun (Alexandretta). Thare are mairch crossin pynts wi Sirie in the destrict o Yayladağı an at Cilvegözü in the destrict o Reyhanlı.

Hatay Province Hatay ili
Province o Turkey
Location of Hatay Province in Turkey
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Mediterranean
Provincial seat	Antakya
Lairgest ceety	İskenderun
Govrenment
• Electoral destrict	Hatay
Area
• Tot	5,403 km2 (2,086 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Tot	1,555,165
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0326
Vehicle registration	31

Geography

Baghras in Hatay

46% o the land is muntain, 33% plain an 20% plateau an hillside. The maist prominent featur is the north-sooth leadin Nur Muntains an the heichest peak is Mığırtepe (2240m), ither peaks include Ziyaret dağı an Keldağ (Jebel Akra or Casius) at 1739 m. The folds o land that mak up the landscape o the province wur formed as the land masses o Arabian-Nubian Shield an Anatolie hae pushed intae ilk ither, meetin here in Hatay, a classic example o the Horst-graben formation. The Orontes River rises in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon an runs throu Sirie an Hatay, whaur it reserves the Karasu an the Afrin River. It flows intae the Mediterranean at its delta in Samandağ. Thare wis a lake in the plain o Amik but this wis drained in the 1970s, an the day Amik is nou the lairgest o the plains an an important agricultural center. The climate is teepical o the Mediterranean, wi warm wet winters an het, dry simmers. The muntain auries inland are drier than the coast. Thare are some mineral deposits, İskenderun is hame tae Turkey's lairgest iron an steel plant, an the destrict o Yayladağı produces a colourful marble cried Rose o Hatay.

Climate

Hatay haes a Mediterranean climate which haes vera het, lang an dry simmers wi ceul rainy winters.

Climate data for Hatay
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average heich °C (°F)	12.3 (54.1)	14.5 (58.1)	18.4 (65.1)	22.7 (72.9)	26.5 (79.7)	29.2 (84.6)	31.2 (88.2)	31.9 (89.4)	31.1 (88.0)	27.6 (81.7)	20.1 (68.2)	13.9 (57.0)	23.3 (73.9)
Average law °C (°F)	4.5 (40.1)	5.5 (41.9)	8.5 (47.3)	12.2 (54.0)	16.3 (61.3)	20.8 (69.4)	23.8 (74.8)	24.5 (76.1)	21.1 (70.0)	15.4 (59.7)	9.2 (48.6)	5.9 (42.6)	14.0 (57.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	182.8 (7.20)	164.1 (6.46)	141.9 (5.59)	102.7 (4.04)	92.9 (3.66)	20.4 (0.80)	24.8 (0.98)	5.9 (0.23)	42.1 (1.66)	77.5 (3.05)	115.2 (4.54)	173.7 (6.84)	1,144 (45.05)
Average rainy days	14.7	13.7	12.8	9.8	6.0	2.8	1.9	1.7	3.9	7.6	9.7	13.3	97.9
Mean monthly sunshine oors	102.3	123.2	186	225	294.5	330	356.5	337.9	291	220.1	147	99.2	2,712.7
Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [2]

Destricts

Hatay province is dividit intae 12 destricts Altınözü, Antakya, Belen, Dörtyol, Erzin, Hassa, İskenderun, Kırıkhan, Kumlu, Reyhanlı, Samandağ an Yayladağı.