Hacıveliler Explained

Type:neighbourhood
Province:Antalya
District:Kumluca
Hacıveliler
Population Total:2,376
Population As Of:2022
Coordinates:36.3675°N 30.2733°W

Hacıveliler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kumluca, Antalya Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 2,376 (2022).[2]

From 550 BC to 640 AD the area was the centre of a Greek settlement called Korydalla.[3] According to The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, "The city is recorded by Hekataios and by several later writers. Pliny (HN 5.100) calls it a city of the Rhodians; and probably, like its neighbors Rhodiapolis, Gagai, and Phaselis, it was founded from Rhodes. On the other hand, a bilingual inscription in Lycian and Greek, recently found at Kumluca, shows it to have been a genuine Lycian city." The city is said to have stood on two hills some 90 m high. Unfortunately according to the Princeton Encyclopaedia, "The ruins previously visible have in recent years been utterly destroyed and the stones carried away."

Notes and References

  1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
  2. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 22 May 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  3. Web site: Foss. C.. Mitchell. S.. 2020-10-31. DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker. Korydalla: a Pleiades place resource. 2021-02-21. Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places. en.