Çamlıyayla
Çamlıyayla | |
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District and municipality | |
Çamlıyayla and Namrun Castle | |
Map showing Çamlıyayla District in Mersin Province | |
| Coordinates: 37°10′13″N 34°36′30″E / 37.17028°N 34.60833°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mersin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Fatih Sofu (İYİ) |
Area | 602 km2 (232 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 8,164 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 33580 |
| Area code | 0324 |
| Website | www |
Çamlıyayla is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 602 km2, and its population is 8,164 (2022).
Çamlıyayla is a small district high in the Taurus Mountains. In summer the lakes, streams and pine forests of Çamlıyayla attract many visitors, people from Adana, Mersin and Tarsus escaping from the extreme heat on the coast to summer homes up in the hills (see yayla).
Çamlıyayla is a quiet rural area without the wild nightlife to entertain young people and is therefore popular with families and the retired, typically children stay in the hills with their grandparents while their parents are at work in the city; in the school holiday period the population of the district rises to over 100,000. The cuisine includes a slushed ice called karsambaç, the ancestor of ice cream, very refreshing in summer.
There is a mountain goat breeding centre in Çamlıyayla and people go there to hunt for wild boar, rabbits and sandgrouse. At higher altitudes, the district is bare mountainside, above the tree line.