Introducing Adana Province 2

 October 20, 1921 in accordance with the provisions of the Ankara Agreement, signed 5 January 1922, the French occupation forces withdrew from the city. This date is still celebrated as Independence Day in Adana.ADANA'S GEOGRAPHYWhere the town of Adana Çukurova Delta, the highest peak of the Taurus Mountains in the north extends from the Mediterranean coast. The earth consists of two parts of different shapes in terms. In the south, the provincial area covering approximately 27% of the low, hot and fertile plains spread. Some of these, Seyhan, Ceyhan and Tarsus rivers of silt for centuries, driven by the Çukurova Delta (Adana Plain, also known as) and the Ceyhan river, started with a sore left the Ceyhan Plain of Adana Plain. Of the province north of the hills, plateaus and mountains covered in large part due to a very hilly region in the Taurus system. Covering approximately 73% of the territory west of the provincial Karanfildağı of this section (3,059 m), Beauties Peak (3461 m) and a little bit outside the city limits Demirkazik Peak (3,756 m), such as the Central Taurus mountains, known as Aladaglar, continuous snow in places and small include the highest peaks of the glaciers shown. The eastern mountains, the name of the Eastern Taurus Mountains, the North-East direction and in parallel to each other in the 2500 - 3000 meters, lies in the rows beyond. The northern and southern parts of the province is located 

between the separation patterns of climate, vegetation, nature of agricultural activity, population density, degree of urbanization, such as lead on many issues, farlılıklara. Effects of Mediterranean climate is dominant in winning a terrestrial nature away from the sea. Adana, the number of population, density, growth, urbanization and economic development in terms of speed of the leading illerdendir. Population density, close to twice the average in Turkey (95 persons / sq km). Approximately 66% of the population (1 / 3 from the center of most provinces), urban, 34% live in rural settlements. Some districts (Kadirli, Kozan, Ceyhan), a medium-sized city in terms of population numbers and functions niteliğindedir. Adana, Turkey, 3 in terms of population growth rate ranks (% per year and 0.36). the working population is over 40% of the general population.Agriculture, of which about 65%, 15% branches of processing industry works. Sometimes play an important role in Turkey's internal and external trade of agricultural products are grown largely in Adana. Approximately 36% of the provincial territory is divided into agriculture.

Mechanization and irrigation in agriculture is very developed.Approximately 20% of the cultivated land area is agricultural.This, more than twice the average of Turkey. 19. ABD'indeki the second half of the century the long civil war, increasing foreign demand aksatmasıyla cotton production, was instrumental in the development of agriculture. As a result, a part of nomadic life were built on the plains in sheltered areas.Thus, most of the new settlement was established. Içel and the neighboring provinces of Hatay, Adana in the south of the plains in a coherent economic development process as illegal.1950, following years of roads, ports and irrigation facilities done, take precautions against taşkınlıklara, draining swamps, the