Adana is a major city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 35 km inland from the north-eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province home to 2,237,940 as of the last 31/12/2019 estimation. It's built-up area was home to 1,768,860 inhabitants made of 4 urban districts.
Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, a distinct geo-cultural region, at a time, was one of the most important regions of the classical world by being crossroads for religions and civilizations. Home to six million people, Cilicia is one of the largest population concentrations in the Near East, as well an agriculturally productive area, owing to its large fertile plain of Çukurova. Adding the large population centers surrounding Cilicia, almost 10 million people reside within two hours' drive from the Adana city center.
One of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements of the world and with a name unchanged for at least four millennia, Adana was a market town at the Cilicia plain and one of the gateways from Europe to the Middle East. The city turned into a powerhouse of Cilicia with the Turkic takeover in 1359.