Kalkan
Sign in to saveKalkan is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,926 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It is an important tourist destination on the Mediterranean coast. The area includes historical sites (such as Tlos and Kekova) and fine beaches (including Patara Beach and Kaputaş Beach).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- neighbourhood
- Turkey place.province
- Antalya
- Turkey place.district
- Kaş
- Turkey place.name
- Kalkan
- Turkey place.population_total
- 3926
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Kalkan 01.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- A view of the coast at Kalkan
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 07960
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0242
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Kalkan is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,926 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It is an important tourist destination on the Mediterranean coast. The area includes historical sites (such as Tlos and Kekova) and fine beaches (including Patara Beach and Kaputaş Beach).
Kalkan is an old fishing town, and the only safe harbour between Kaş and Fethiye; it is known for its white-washed houses, descending to the sea, and its brightly coloured bougainvilleas. It averages 300 days of sunshine a year. The word "Kalkan" in Turkish either means shield or turbot referring to the town's fishing status.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalkan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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