Map of Hatay
Hatay is a first-level division of Turkey. Its largest mapped city is Hatay, with about 305,564 people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Hatay, and the tables list its 4 mapped cities along with the ports nearest to them.
- Cities Mapped
- 4
- Largest City
- Hatay
- Country
- Turkey
Interactive Map of Hatay
About Hatay
Hatay Province (Turkish: Hatay ili, pronounced [ˈhataj]) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 5,524 km2 (2,133 sq mi), and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province borders Syria to its south and east, the Turkish province of Adana to the northwest, Osmaniye to the north, and Gaziantep to the northeast. It is partially situated on the Cilician Plain, a large fertile plain along the Cilicia region. Its administrative capital is Antakya (ancient Antioch), making it one of the three Turkish provinces not named after its administrative capital or any settlement. The second-largest city is İskenderun (formerly Alexandretta). Sovereignty over most of the province was disputed with neighbouring Syria, which claimed that the province had a demographic Arab majority, and has separated from its territory in violation of the terms of the French Mandate for Syria that was established on the heels of World War I; however, the issue has remained largely dormant since the thawing of Syrian-Turkish relations in the 2000s.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Hatay Province (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Hatay in Depth
History
Settled since the early Bronze Age, Hatay was once part of the Akkadian Empire, then of the Amorite Kingdom of Yamhad. Later, it became part of the Kingdom of Mitanni, then the area was ruled by a succession of Hittites and Neo-Hittite peoples that later gave the modern province of Hatay its name.
The area came under the control of Assyrians (except for a brief occupation by Urartu), and later the Neo-Babylonians and the Persians.
The region was the centre of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, home to the four Greek cities of the Syrian tetrapolis (Antioch, Seleucia Pieria, Apamea, and Laodicea). From 64 BC onwards the city of Antioch became an important regional centre of the Roman Empire.
Geography
Hatay is traversed by the north-easterly line of equal latitude and longitude. 46% of the land is mountain, 33% plain and 20% plateau and hillside. The most prominent feature is the north-south leading Nur Mountains and the highest peak is Mığırtepe (2,240m), other peaks include Ziyaret dağı and Keldağ (Jebel Akra or Casius) at 1,739 m. The folds of land that make up the landscape of the province were formed as the land masses of Arabian-Nubian Shield and Anatolia have pushed into each other, meeting here in Hatay, a classic example of the Horst–graben formation. The Orontes River rises in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and runs through Syria and Hatay, where it receives the Karasu and the Afrin River. It flows into the Mediterranean at its delta in Samandağ.
Demographics
The majority of the population adheres to either Sunni Islam or Alawism, but other minorities are also present, including Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, Maronite, Antiochian Greek and Armenian communities. The village of Vakıflı in the district of Samandağ is Turkey's last remaining rural Armenian community. Arabs form the majority in three districts out of the twelve: Samandağ (Suwaidiyyah) (Alawi), Altınözü (Qusair) and Reyhanlı (Rihaniyyah) (Sunni). Unlike most Mediterranean provinces, Hatay has not experienced mass migration from other parts of Turkey in recent decades and has therefore preserved much of its traditional culture; for example, Arabic is still widely spoken in the province.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Hatay Province (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Hatay: Key Facts
| Population | 1,501,571 (2021) |
|---|---|
| Area | 5,524 km² |
| Capital | Antakya |
Facts from Wikidata Q83274 (CC0).
History of Hatay: Empires and States
The atlas records 36 polities whose mapped territory included part of Hatay, from Akkadian Empire in 2300 BCE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
Historical Maps of Hatay
Hatay on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Hatay
4 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hatay | 305,564 | Hatay | Populated place |
| 2 | İskenderun | 297,943 | Hatay | Populated place |
| 3 | Antioch | 154,803 | Hatay | Admin-1 capital |
| 4 | Samandagi | 93,638 | Hatay | Populated place |
Ports in Hatay
7 ports mapped. Ranked by approach channel depth, the figure that limits which ships can call. Harbours link to their write-up on the page of the sea or coast they lie on. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.
| # | Name | Channel Depth | Class | Sea | Max Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mersin | 34.7 m | Minor | Eastern Mediterranean | medium vessels |
| 2 | Iskenderun | 34.7 m | Very Small | Eastern Mediterranean | medium vessels |
| 3 | Yakacik | 20.1 m | Very Small | Eastern Mediterranean | medium vessels |
| 4 | Botas Dortyol Oil Terminal | — | Very Small | Eastern Mediterranean | medium vessels |
| 5 | Toros Gubre | — | Very Small | Eastern Mediterranean | point_of_interest |
| 6 | Botas | — | Very Small | Eastern Mediterranean | large vessels |
| 7 | Delta Terminal | — | Very Small | Eastern Mediterranean | medium vessels |
Hatay: Quick Answers
- Where is Hatay?
- Hatay is a first-level division of Turkey, in Asia. Its mapped cities centre on 36.2903° N, 36.0850° E.
- What is the largest city in Hatay?
- Hatay is the largest city mapped in Hatay, with a metropolitan population of about 305,564.
- How many cities are in Hatay?
- YearMaps maps 4 cities and towns in Hatay, with a combined metropolitan population of about 851,948. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.