What is Adana?
{{update|date=August 2016}} [[File:Adana1.jpg|350px|thumb|Adana]] '''Adana''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Άδανα) (the ancient ''Antioch in Cilicia'' or ''Antioch on the Sarus'') is the capital of [[Adana Province]] in [[Turkey]]. According to the 2000 [[census]], with 1,130,710 [[inhabitants]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/turkey.php |title=GeoHive - Turkey - Administrative units |access-date=2007-06-29 |archive-date=2008-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013033255/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/turkey.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> it is the fifth most populous [[List of cities in Turkey|city]] of [[Turkey]] (after [[İstanbul]], [[Ankara]], [[İzmir]] and [[Bursa]]). The 2006 estimate of Adana's population is 1,271,894. For most Turkish people, the word 'Adana' associates with [[Kebab]], [[şalgam]], [[cotton]], [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]] and very hot weather, in the awareness that Adana also embodies more than just these. Adana is also named among the 25 ''European Regions of the Future'' for 2006/2007 by [[Foreign Direct Investment]] Magazine. Chosen alongside [[Kocaeli]] for Turkey, Adana scored the most points for cost effectiveness against Kocaeli's points for infrastructure development, while Adana and Kocaeli tied on points for the categories of human resources and quality of life. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1544/EUROPEAN_CITIES___REGIONS_OF_THE_FUTURE_2006_07.html | title = European Regions of the Future | author = | publisher = Foreign Direct Investment Magazine | access-date = 2007-06-29 | archive-date = 2007-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070311042032/http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1544/EUROPEAN_CITIES___REGIONS_OF_THE_FUTURE_2006_07.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Adana has a hot-summer [[Mediterranean climate]] (''Csa'' in the [[Koeppen climate classification]]). ==Related pages== *[[Adana massacre]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons cat}} * [http