Ölüdeniz
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Ölüdeniz (literally "Dead Sea", due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation: Blue Lagoon) is a town of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,132 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It is a beach resort on the Turkish Riviera, at the conjunction point of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. It is located south of Fethiye, near Mount Babadağ.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- neighborhood
- Turkey place.province
- Muğla
- Turkey place.district
- Fethiye
- Turkey place.name
- Ölüdeniz
- Turkey place.population_total
- 6132
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Paragliding_view_oludeniz_-_panoramio_(2).jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- A view of Ölüdeniz
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 48300
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0252
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mahalle
- Country
- Turkey
- Continent
- Asia
- Population
- 5967
- Area
- 3059
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Image
- Oludeniz.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- native label
- Ölüdeniz
- Commons category
- Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
- male population
- 3158
- female population
- 2809
- Turkey neighborhood ID
- 176321
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Paragliding
- Ultramarathon
- Scuba diving
- See also
- Gallery
- Climate
- See also
- Footnotes
- External links
Ölüdeniz (literally "Dead Sea", due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation: Blue Lagoon) is a town of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 6,132 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It is a beach resort on the Turkish Riviera, at the conjunction point of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. It is located south of Fethiye, near Mount Babadağ.
It has a sandy bay at the mouth of Ölüdeniz, on a blue lagoon. The beach itself is a pebble beach. The lagoon is a national nature reserve and construction is strictly prohibited. The seawater of Ölüdeniz is famous for its shades of turquoise and aquamarine, while its beach is an official Blue Flag beach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ölüdeniz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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