Muğla

Also known as Mugla

Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of 660 m and lies at a distance of about from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of Gökova to its south-west. Muğla (Menteşe) district area neighbors the district areas of Milas, Yatağan and Kavaklıdere to its north by north-west and those of Ula and Köyceğiz, all of whom are dependent districts. Muğla is the administrative capital of a province that incorporates internationally well-kno

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Muğla is a city in southwestern Turkey that serves as the administrative center of Muğla Province, which stretches along the country's Aegean coast. Located inland at a high altitude about 40 kilometers from the seacoast, Muğla is the capital of a province known for its coastal significance in the region.

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Muğla
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.established_date: In 2nd century BCE under the indigenous name of Mobolla during its passage from a Carian federation linked with Taba (Tavas) to Rhodian domination.
Settlement.established_date2: Cited as Muğla and a Menteşe urban center, after 1426 center of an Ottoman vilayet, after 1923 center of the homonymous province under the Turkish Republic
Settlement.timezone: TRT
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Menteşe district within Muğla Province.
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Muğla within Turkey.
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Muğla logo.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Turkey #Europe
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Emblem of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality
Settlement.image_map: Muğla (tr).svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Turkey
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aegean
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province