Arsuz

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Arsuz is a coastal town with 2317 inhabitants ( 2011) in the district of İskenderun the southern Turkish province of Hatay.

Geography

Arsuz located about 40 km south-southwest of İskenderun on the Mediterranean coast and almost 120 km northwest of the provincial capital of Antakya at the feet of Amano's Dağları. The Syrian border town Kasab is as the crow flies 54.7 km and 105 km of roads. The place flows from south to north, a river, also called Arsuz nehir, spanning shortly before the mouth by a bridge.

History

In the ancient port city of the remains found from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.