Yenikaş

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Yenikaş
(Soğuksu)
Village
Yenikaş, Aydıncık24.JPG
Yenikaş is located in Turkey
Yenikaş
Yenikaş
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 36°08′N 33°17′E / 36.133°N 33.283°E / 36.133; 33.283Coordinates: 36°08′N 33°17′E / 36.133°N 33.283°E / 36.133; 33.283
Country Turkey
ProvinceMersin Province
DistrictAydıncık
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total1,017
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
33840
Area code(s)0324
Licence plate33

Yenikaş is a village in Aydıncık district of Mersin Province, Turkey. It is a coastal village on state highway D.400. Distance to Aydıncık is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and to Mersin is 174 kilometres (108 mi). According to Sir Francis Beaufort, the village was situated in an ancient settlement named Melanie by Strabo, but modern scholarship points to the site being that of Myus.[1] The village was founded by once nomadic Karakeçili tribe of Turkmens. The population of the village was 1,017 as of 2019.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  2. ^ Population page


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