Korucuk, Gülnar

Korucuk
Korucuk
	Village
	Korucuk Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 36°19′N 33°32′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Mersin Province
District	Gülnar
Elevation	545 m (1,790 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	215
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	33700
Area code(s)	0324
Licence plate	33

Korucuk is a village in Gülnar district of Mersin Province, Turkey. The village is situated in Toros Mountains at 36°19′N 33°32′E. Its distance to Gülnar is 18 kilometres (11 mi) and to Mersin is 149 kilometres (93 mi). The population of the village was 215[1] as of 2012. Although there are several theories about the origin of the village name, the most plausible is that it refers to forests around the village (Koru means a "small forest") [2] There are ancient rock tombs around the village and the ruins of an ancient church in the village. The ancestors of the present residents however were migrants from Central Asia.[3] Major economic activity is agriculture. There is no shortage in irrigation water and the village produces fresh vegetables.[3]

References

"Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-20.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
Personal page of Saadet Bilir (in Turkish)
Gülnarlılar page (in Turkish)

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[1] "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-20.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[2] Personal page of Saadet Bilir (in Turkish)

[Gülnarlılar-3] Gülnarlılar page (in Turkish)