Alanya
district and town in Antalya, Turkey
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Summary
Alanya is a resort town[1]. Alanya draws 4,647 Wikipedia views per month (resort town category, ranking #3 of 22).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antalya Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Instance of: city[7], municipality[8], town[9]
- Shares border with: Gündoğmuş[10], Gazipaşa[11], Manavgat[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Trakai[13], Gladbeck[14], Murmansk[15], Fushun[16], Rovaniemi[17], Borås[18], Talsi[19], Keszthely[20], Wodzisław Śląski[21], Zelenogorsk[22], Nea Ionia[23], Goa[24], Mahdia[25], Çatalca[26]
- Postal code: 07400[27]
- Commons category: Alanya[28]
- Licence plate code: 07[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[30], time in Turkey[31]
- Inception: 1872[32]
- Located in/on physical feature: Mediterranean Region[33]
- Official website: http://www.alanya.bel.tr/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Alanya[35]
- Population: 285,407[36], 312,319[37], 104,573[38], 91,713[39], 364,180[40], 294,558[41], 98,627[42]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[43], Great dictionary of geographical names[44]
- Capital of: Beylik of Alaiye[45]
- Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[46]
- Official name: Alanya[47]
- Category for people born here: Q10147143[48]
- Native label: Alanya[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Alanya[50]
- Name in kana: アランヤ[51]
- Different from: Alania[52]
Why It Matters
Alanya has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Alanya is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]