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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = metro district
| name                 = Kumluca
| image_skyline        = Kumluca.JPG
| image_caption        = Aerial view
| image_map            = Antalya location Kumluca.svg
| map_caption          = Map showing Kumluca District in Antalya Province
| coordinates          = {{coord|36|22|N|30|17|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Antalya
| leader_party         = [[Democrat Party (Turkey, current)|DP]]
| leader_name          = Mesut Avcıoğlu
| leader_name1         = 
| area_total_km2       = 1225
| elevation_m          = 15
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 73496
| population_as_of     = 2022
| postal_code          = 07350
| area_code            = 0242
| website              = {{url|https://www.kumluca-bld.gov.tr/}}
}} 
'''Kumluca''' is a municipality and [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Antalya Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.</ref> Its area is 1,225&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref> and its population is 73,496 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=22 May 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> It lies on the [[Mediterranean]] coast, and is part of the [[Turkish Riviera]]. Kumluca is located {{convert|90|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the city of [[Antalya]], on the Teke Peninsula, (between the bays of Antalya and [[Fethiye]]). Its neighbour towns are [[Korkuteli]], [[Elmalı]], [[Finike]], [[Kemer]] and [[Antalya]]

The town of Kumluca, formerly the village of Sarıkavak, is named for its sandy soil (''kum'' meaning sand in Turkish), good for growing watermelons.

==Geography==
The centre of the district is a plain pointing north from the Mediterranean coast and surrounded by mountains on three sides. The northern part of the district is hilly and mountainous. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool and wet as one would expect in a Mediterranean district. The coast never gets snow, though it snows in the mountains. In this climate fruit and vegetables can be grown under glass all year round and this is the mainstay of the local economy, along with orange trees. Kumluca is a wealthy district.

==Composition==
There are 41 [[mahalle|neighbourhoods]] in Kumluca District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</ref>
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* [[Adrasan, Kumluca|Adrasan]]
* [[Altınyaka, Kumluca|Altınyaka]]
* Bağlık
* [[Belen, Kumluca|Belen]]
* [[Beşikçi, Kumluca|Beşikçi]]
* [[Beykonak, Kumluca|Beykonak]]
* [[Büyükalan, Kumluca|Büyükalan]]
* [[Çaltı, Kumluca|Çaltı]]
* [[Çayiçi, Kumluca|Çayiçi]]
* Cumhuriyet
* [[Dereköy, Kumluca|Dereköy]]
* Ellinci Yıl
* [[Erentepe, Kumluca|Erentepe]]
* Eskicami
* Göksu
* [[Gölcük, Kumluca|Gölcük]]
* [[Güzören, Kumluca|Güzören]]
* [[Hacıveliler]]
* [[Hızırkahya]]
* [[İncircik, Kumluca|İncircik]]
* [[Karacaağaç, Kumluca|Karacaağaç]]
* [[Karacaören, Kumluca|Karacaören]]
* Karşıyaka
* Kasapçayırı
* [[Kavakköy, Kumluca|Kavakköy]]
* Kum
* [[Kuzca, Kumluca|Kuzca]]
* [[Mavikent]]
* Merkez
* Meydan
* Narenciye
* [[Ortaköy, Kumluca|Ortaköy]]
* [[Salur, Kumluca|Salur]]
* [[Sarıcasu]]
* Sarıkavak
* Temel Eğitim
* [[Toptaş, Kumluca|Toptaş]]
* [[Yazır, Kumluca|Yazır]]
* Yeni
* [[Yenikışla, Kumluca|Yenikışla]]
* [[Yeşilköy, Kumluca|Yeşilköy]]
{{div col end}}

==History==
In the last years of the [[Sultanate of Rûm|Seljuqs of Rum]], silver coins were minted in the town. Between 1282 and 1302, the town struck [[dirham]]s under [[Kaykhusraw III]], [[Kayqubad III]], and [[Mesud II]] with the mint name ''Sarıkavak'' ({{langx|ar|ساروقواق}}, Sārūqawāq)<ref>{{Citation| last1 = Diler| first1 = Ömer| author-link = Ömer Diler| last2 = Hinrichs| first2 = Johann-Christoph| title = Islamic Mints (İslam darp yerleri)| place = Istanbul| publisher = Spink| year = 2009| volume = 2| pages = 644–645| isbn = 978-975-8428-18-2}}</ref>

Archaeologists have found a [[shipwreck]] dating back to the 15th-16th B.C 50 meters away from the coast of Kumluca district in early April in 2019. Archaeologist Hakan Öniz has published an article about this research in the journal [[Palestine Exploration Fund|Palestine Exploration Quarterly.]] He announced that a new [[Bronze Age]] shipwreck had been discovered in the same coast where the [[Cape Gelidonya#Bronze Age shipwreck|Gelidoniya]] and [[Uluburun shipwreck|Uluburun shipwrecks]] were found and this finding belongs to earlier times than both of them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/copper-ingots-ancient-shipwreck-turkish-coast/|title=Copper Ingots Found in Ancient Shipwreck off Turkish Coast|date=2019-04-18|website=Biblical Archaeology Society|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Öniz|first=Hakan|date=2019|title=A new Bronze Age shipwreck with ingots in the west of Antalya—preliminary results|journal=Palestine Exploration Quarterly|volume=151|pages=3–14|doi=10.1080/00310328.2019.1579467|s2cid=166861964}}</ref>

==Demographics==

The district has a population of 73,496 (2022).<ref name=tuik/> The town itself has 42,861 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/turkey/antalya/kumluca/1548__kumluca/|title=Kumluca|website=citypopulation.de|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>

==Tourism==
There are a number of important historical sites in the district of Kumluca including [[Olympos (Lycia)|Olympos]], [[Kitanaura]], [[Korydalla]], [[Rhodiapolis]], [[Idebessos]] and [[Gagai]]; of these Olympos is the largest and attracts the most visitors.

There is {{convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of coast with many hotels and restaurants between the villages of [[Adrasan]] and Olympos, and holiday villages near the town of [[Mavikent]]. West of Mavikent there is less development but taken as a whole Kumluca is one of the fastest growing local economies in Turkey.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.kumluca.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
* [http://www.kumluca-bld.gov.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060422024155/http://www.antalyacity.info/kumluca.php Information on Kumluca]

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{{Kumluca District}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Antalya Province]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Turkey]]
[[Category:Districts of Antalya Province]]
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[[Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey]]